Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Drosera pygmaea
Common name
Pymgy sundew, Tiny sundew
Family
Droseraceae
Where found
Wet heath and damp soil near swamps. Coast and ranges north from Ulladulla, and south and west of Eden.
Notes
Herb to 0.45 m high, rhizomatous. Stems hairless. Leaves in a basal rosette, 1–2 mm in diameter, round, peltate with the leaf stalk often attached near the margin, upper surface covered with glandular hairs that trap insects. Stipules divided into 3 at the top, 3–5 mm long. Flowers with 4 white petals each about 1.5–3 mm long, single. Flowers Winter to Summer.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Drosera~pygmaea (accessed 12 January, 2021)
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