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'''''Roridula dentata''''' is a [[carnivorous plant]] native to [[South Africa]]. |
'''''Roridula dentata''''' is a [[carnivorous plant]] native to [[South Africa]]. |
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It can be found only in the hotter and more arid inland at the mountains of [[Clanwilliam, Western Cape|Clanwilliam]] and [[Tulbagh' Ceres]] and can grow up to more than 150 cm. The leaves are covered with sticky hairs and produce a [[resin]] (rather than a [[mucilage]] as in most other sticky carnivorous plants), enabling it to catch insects, such as wasps or bees, and very |
It can be found only in the hotter and more arid inland at the mountains of [[Clanwilliam, Western Cape|Clanwilliam]] and [[Tulbagh' Ceres]] and can grow up to more than 150 cm. The leaves are covered with sticky hairs and produce a [[resin]] (rather than a [[mucilage]] as in most other sticky carnivorous plants), enabling it to catch insects, such as wasps or bees, and very occasionally small birds.<ref name="McPherson 2008">[[Stewart McPherson (geographer)|McPherson, Stewart]]. 2008. ''Glistening Carnivores: the Sticky-leaved Insect-eating Plants''. Poole, Dorset, England: Redfern Natural History Productions. ISBN 978-0-9558918-1-6</ref> |
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Roridula dentata is a carnivorous plant native to South Africa.
It can be found only in the hotter and more arid inland at the mountains of Clanwilliam and Tulbagh' Ceres and can grow up to more than 150 cm. The leaves are covered with sticky hairs and produce a resin (rather than a mucilage as in most other sticky carnivorous plants), enabling it to catch insects, such as wasps or bees, and very occasionally small birds.[1]
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References
- ^ McPherson, Stewart. 2008. Glistening Carnivores: the Sticky-leaved Insect-eating Plants. Poole, Dorset, England: Redfern Natural History Productions. ISBN 978-0-9558918-1-6
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