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About
A pygmy sundew, *Drosera pedicellaris* is notable for its unusually long flower pedicels and its restricted, endemic range in Western Australia. The plant forms a delicate, ground-hugging rosette and reproduces asexually via gemmae in the autumn.
Field notes
Morphology
The plant forms a ground-hugging open rosette, 1–1.8 cm in diameter. Active leaves are semi-erect, becoming almost horizontal at the margin. The petioles are 4–5 mm long, narrowing to 0.1 mm before the lamina, which is suborbicular with a diameter of about one millimetre. Flowering produces one to three cymes with thin bracteoles on filiform inflorescences, rising up to 5.5 cm high and bearing up to twenty flowers. These flowers have five white petals with a green base, up to 3.5 millimetres long, and the seeds are ellipsoid, measuring 0.4–0.5 mm.
Distribution & habitat
Endemic to Western Australia, found in three small areas: one southeast of Geraldton near Three Springs, one east of Geraldton near Pindar, and a third in the northern edge of Badgingarra nature reserve. It is restricted to white sandy soils in open heathland at elevations of 80–300 m.
History & etymology
The species was discovered in 1997 and formally described in 2002 by Allen Lowrie. The epithet pedicellaris refers to the plant's distinctly long pedicels.
Conservation
In unprotected areas, agricultural development is a potential risk, and fire is a potential hazard in protected areas.
Habitat
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- Native To
- Australia
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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