''Drosera browniana'' is a

perennial A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...

tuber Tubers are a type of enlarged structure used as storage organs for nutrients in some plants. They are used for the plant's perennation (survival of the winter or dry months), to provide energy and nutrients for regrowth during the next growing ...

ous species in the genus ''

Drosera ''Drosera'', which is commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genus, genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. 2 volumes. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucil ...

'' that is

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Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. It grows in a rosette about 3 to 4 cm in diameter. It is a common species in an area from

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to Hatters Hill along the greenstone belt northwest of Esperance. It grows in loam soils in wet zones near granite outcrops. It flowers from August to September. It is considered to be related to '' D. bulbosa''. It was first formally described by

Allen Lowrie Allen Lowrie (10 October 1948 - 30 August 2021) was a Western Australian botanist. He was recognised for his expertise on the genera ''Drosera'' and '' Stylidium''.Council of Heads of Australasian HerbariaResources of Australian Herbaria: Western ...

and N. G. Marchant in 1992 and named in honour of Andrew Brown, who discovered this species' first population.Lowrie, A. and N. Marchant. 1992. Four new ''Drosera'' taxa from south western Australia. ''Nuytsia'', 8(3): 323-332.

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Carnivorous plants of Australia Caryophyllales of Australia browniana Eudicots of Western Australia Plants described in 1992 Taxa named by Neville Graeme Marchant {{WesternAustralia-plant-stub

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