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 |