Accession #: 200600098
Accession Date: 2006-08-31
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Family: Droseraceae
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Country of Origin: tropical northern Australia
Description: A scrambling annual with long leaves, which actively wrap around trapped prey. Distinguished from all other sundews by globular yellow trichomes, of uncertain function, found at the base of leaves.
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Source: ICPS seedbank
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Culture:
Summer-growing annual. Sow when weather warms in spring on wet, peat-based soil. Plants benefit from abundant insect prey.