''Drosera fulva'' is a

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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 ...

'' and is

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to the

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. Its semi-erect or prostrate leaves are arranged in a compact basal rosette. Oblanceolate petioles emerging from the center of the rosette are typically 2–3 mm wide at its widest. Red carnivorous leaves at the end of the petioles are small and round at 2–3 mm in diameter.

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s are long with white or sometimes pink flowers being produced on 50-or-more-flowered

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s from February to May.Lowrie, A. 1996
New species in ''Drosera'' section ''Lasiocephala'' (Droseraceae) from tropical northern Australia.
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'', 11(1): 55–69. ''Drosera fulva'' is found in damp sandy soils in ephemeral wet depressions above seasonal flood levels or in seepage areas. It is native to an area around Darwin from Koolpinyah to Noonamah in the southeast with a single collection from

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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 ...

speculated in 1996 that ''D. fulva'' may also be found on the Cobourg Peninsula. It was first collected from Port Essington by the botanist appointed to then settlement of Victoria, John W. Armstrong, who was also a botanical collector for the

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. Armstrong collected the

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specimens sometime between 1838 and 1840, but it wasn't until 1848 that Jules Émile Planchon formally described the new species as ''D. fulva''. Until recognised by Allen Lowrie as a distinct species, all other previous authors had treated ''D. fulva'' as a synonym of '' D. petiolaris''.Lowrie, A. 1998
''Carnivorous Plants of Australia''.
Vol. 3. Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. pp. 20-21. Australian botanist Allen Lowrie assessed this species'

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as common and not under threat in 1996. It is closely related to '' D. brevicornis'' and '' D. dilatato-petiolaris'', but differs from those species in the height of its inflorescence, type of leaves in the basal rosette, and size and type of fruit.

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