''Drosera darwinensis'' 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 ...

carnivorous plant Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans Protozoa (singular: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a group of single-celled eukaryot ...

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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to the

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. Its leaves are arranged in a rosette with one rosette emerging from the root stock. It produces pink or white flowers from December to April. ''Drosera darwinensis'' grows in clayey sand from

Palmerston Palmerston may refer to: People * Christie Palmerston (c. 1851–1897), Australian explorer * Several prominent people have borne the title of Viscount Palmerston ** Henry Temple, 1st Viscount Palmerston (c. 1673–1757), Irish nobleman and ...

Berry Springs Berry Springs is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia. The locality is a mostly rural area situated on the Cox Peninsula Road and is sparsely populated. A few businesses and a school are located in the locality. In the , the popul ...

south of Darwin and east to Humpty Doo. It was first 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 ...

in 1996; the

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was collected south of Temple Avenue in Palmerston on 8 April 1990. The specific epithet ''darwinensis'' refers to region where this plant is found in abundance. It is closely related to '' D. brevicornis'', but differs from that species by its shorter

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

(5–15 cm long in ''D. darwinensis'' and 30–40 cm long in ''D. brevicornis'').Lowrie, A. 1996
New species in ''Drosera'' section ''Lasiocephala'' (Droseraceae) from tropical northern Australia.
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Nuytsia ''Nuytsia floribunda'' is a hemiparasitic tree found in Western Australia. The species is known locally as moodjar and, more recently, the Christmas tree or Western Australian Christmas tree. The display of intensely bright flowers during the ...

'', 11(1): 55–69.

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Carnivorous plants of Australia Caryophyllales of Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Plants described in 1996 darwinensis {{Australia-eudicot-stub

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