Drosera indica




Family Droseraceae
Scientific name Drosera indica L.
Synonyms Drosera adscendens R. Brown ex Diels, non Planchon; Drosera angustifolia F. Müller; Drosera angustifolia F. Müller var. purpuriflora F. Müller; Drosera finlaysoniana Wallich ex Stein; Drosera finlaysonii Wallich; Drosera hexaginia Blanco; Drosera indica L. forma albiflora Makino; Drosera indica L. forma pusilla Hohenacker; Drosera indica L. forma robusta F. M. Bailey; Drosera indica L. forma rosea Makino; Drosera indica L. var. albiflora (Makino) Makino; Drosera indica L. var. glabra H. B. Naithani; Drosera indica L. var. makinoi (Masamune) M. Tamura; Drosera indica L. var. rubra Paran & Diwan; Drosera makinoi Masamune; Drosera metziana Gandoger; Drosera minor Schumacher & Thonning, non A. W. Wood; Drosera serpens Planchon
Common name (Japanese common name) nagaba-no-ishi-mochi-sou (ナガバノイシモチソウ, 長葉石持草 [meaning: long leaved stone taking weed])
(English common name) Indian sundew
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido (Kushiro swamp), Honshu (Kanto region, Aichi Prefecture, Mie Prefecture), Kyushu
(Other nations) China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Tansania, Angola, Namibia, Mozambique, South afrika, Madagascar
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number 2n=28
Description Plants 7-20cm tall. Leaves 4-7cm long, 1-2.5mm wide. Flowers white 5 petals each 6-8mm long, flowering in July to August. Annual plants.
Reference Drosera indica Linnaeus
Drosera indica L.
Drosera
Note Rare species.



August 2007
at Naruto Marsh
August 2007
at Naruto Marsh
August 2007
at Naruto Marsh



August 2007
at Naruto Marsh