Drosera orbiculata
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Drosera orbiculata is a perennial tuberous species in the genus Drosera that is endemic to Western Australia. It grows in a rosette about 1.5 cm in diameter. It is native to an area 1.3 km north of Gillingarra near Perth. It grows in sandy clay soils in winter-wet depressions and washes. It is considered to be related to D. rosulata. The species is named for the shape of the leaf lamina. It was first formally described by Allen Lowrie and N. G. Marchant in 1992.Marchant, N. and A. Lowrie. 1992. New names and new combinations in 34 taxa of Western Australian tuberous and pygmy Drosera. Kew Bulletin, 47(2): 315-328.
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Category:Carnivorous plants of Australia
Category:Caryophyllales of Australia
Category:Eudicots of Western Australia
Category:Plants described in 1992
Category:Taxa named by Neville Graeme Marchant
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