Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Drosera burmanni
Common name
A Sundew
Family
Droseraceae
Where found
Wet situations. Coast and ranges north of the Illawarra Highway. Occasionally farther south on the coast and tablelands.
Notes
Annual herb to 0.15 m high, rhizomatous. Leaves basal, in a flat rosette; 8–10 mm long, 5–6 mm wide, spoon shaped, upper surface covered with glandular hairs that trap insects. Flowers white or pink, with 5 petals each 4 mm long. Bracts just below the flowers divided into 3, calyx warty, styles 5, threadlike. Flowers in 1–3 clusters, each with 3–10 flowers. Flowering: Winter to Spring.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Drosera~burmanni (accessed 12 January, 2021)
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