Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Drosera binata

Flower and buds. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer R Hill, Langwarrin, Vic

Flowering plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Stem with fly. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Common name

Forked sundew

Family

Droseraceae

Where found

Rocky ledges and seepage lines in rock-faces, stream banks, and in swamps. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands north of Braidwood. Coast and ranges south from Wadbilliga National Park.

Notes

Perennial herb to 0.50 m high, with very short stems, rhizomatous, stolons often present. Flower stalks hairless. Leaves basal, erect, usually forked once, the lobes linear, 2–10 cm long, coiled when young, with glandular hairs that trap insects. Flowers white, with 5 petals each 9–14 mm long. Flowers in 1 or 2 clusters, up to 3-branched, each branch with 15–30 flowers. Flowering: spring to autumn.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Drosera~binata  (accessed 12 January, 2021)