''Drosera bulbigena'', the midget sundew, is an erect

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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and occurs in an area near

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and to its south along the coast. It grows to high and produces white flowers from August to October. ''D. bulbigena'' grows in swamps and winter-wet depressions.

''D. bulbigena'' was first described and named by Alexander Morrison in 1903.Morrison, Alexander. 1903
A new West-Australian plant: ''Drosera bulbigena'', A. Morrison
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'', 22(4), session 68: 417-418.

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