''Drosera huegelii'', the bold sundew, is an erect perennial tuberous species in the

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 ...

genus '' Drosera'' that is endemic to Western Australia. It grows in sandy soils in winter-wet depressions and margins of swamps and occurs along the south-west coast of Australia. ''D. huegelii'' produces small, bell-shaped leaves along an erect stem that can be tall. White to cream-coloured flowers emerge from June to September.Rice, Barry. 2009
The tuberous erect & scrambling ''Drosera''
The Carnivorous Plant FAQ. Accessed online: 12 August 2009. ''D. huegelii'' was first described and named by

Stephan Endlicher Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher also known as Endlicher István László (24 June 1804, Bratislava (Pozsony) – 28 March 1849, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist, numismatist and Sinologist. He was a director of the Botanical Garden of Vienna. Bio ...

in his 1837 publication '' Enumeratio plantarum''.

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Carnivorous plants of Australia Caryophyllales of Australia Eudicots of Western Australia Plants described in 1837 huegelii {{WesternAustralia-plant-stub

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