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About
A perennial tuberous species, *Drosera aberrans* is notable for its rosette growth habit and its native range spanning southern Australia, including New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria.
Field notes
Morphology
It grows in a rosette 3 to 5 cm in diameter with green, orange-yellow, or red leaves.
Distribution & habitat
Southern inland South Australia, southern and central Victoria, and New South Wales.
History & etymology
First illustrated by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1879, initially identified as *Drosera whitackeri*. It was formally described by Lowrie and Sherwin Carlquist in 1992 as a subspecies of *Drosera whittakeri*, and later elevated to species rank by Lowrie and Conran in 2008.
Habitat
- Altitude
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- Altitude Class
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- Native To
- Australia
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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