Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Drosera spatulata
Common name
Rosy sundew
Family
Droseraceae
Where found
Moist sites in heath, and wetlands. Coast, ranges, and tablelands north from Durras and Tallaganda State Forest. Coast and ranges south of Tathra.
Notes
Herb to 0.24 m high, rhizomatous. Flower stalks glandular. Leaves in a basal rosette; narrowed to a broad, flat stalk, the whole 0.8–2 cm long, 3–6 mm wide, spoon-shaped, upper surface covered with glandular hairs that trap insects. Stipules narrow, 5–7 mm long, slashed into narrow, pointed lobes. Flowers with 5 white or pink petals each 1.5–6 mm long. Bracts just below the flowers undivided; calyx covered with minute glands; styles 3, divided in 2 to the base. Flowers in 1–5 clusters on one side of the flower stalks, each with about 3-15 flowers. Flowering: spring to summer.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Drosera~spatulata (accessed 12 January, 2021)
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