Drosera natalensis
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Drosera natalensis is a carnivorous plant belonging to the genus sundew ( Drosera ). It is native to South Africa and wasfirst describedby Ludwig Diels in 1906.
description
Drosera natalensis are small herbaceous plants that grow as indigenous rosettes from a very short stem and have several thin and long roots .
The leaves are sessile, the stipules are partially fused below with the petiole, the free part is simple, on top the stipple is fringed, rust-red and up to 2 millimeters long. The blade is around 2 centimeters long and 5 millimeters wide, tapered towards the base and slightly hairy and wedge-shaped to spatulate.
The inflorescence axis is erect, wiry and extended to up to 25 centimeters during flowering, smooth or covered with only a few, scattered hairs. The up to ten flowers are on up to 5 millimeter long flower stalks that are rarely open. The sepals are fused, the individual lobes up to 3 millimeters long and egg-shaped. The petals are inverted-egg-shaped, pink, white or purple and have an approximate length of 5 millimeters.
The upper part of the stamens and the connective are widened. The stylus are forked from the base and divided again towards the tip, the scars somewhat enlarged. The capsule fruits are oblong and round, the seeds spindle-shaped.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = XX.
distribution
The species is only found in South Africa ( Cape Province , Natal and Transvaal ) and in Madagascar in swamps.
literature
- Anna Amelia Obermeyer: Droseraceae. In: The Flora of Southern Africa. Volume 13: Cruciferae, Capparaceae, Resedaceae, Moringaceae, Droseraceae, Roridulaceae, Podosfemaceae, Hydrostachyaceae. Botanical Research Institute - Department of Agricultural Technical Services - Republic of South Africa, Pretoria 1970, pp. 187-201, here p. 201.
Individual evidence
- ^ Drosera natalensis at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
