''Drosera indica'' is an

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native to

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countries throughout the world, from

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, but absent from the

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.Schlauer, J. 2011
World Carnivorous Plant List – Nomenclatural Synopsis of Carnivorous Phanerogamous Plants
Retrieved 30 March 2011. Together with Australian

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species '' D. aquatica'', '' D. aurantiaca'', '' D. barrettorum'', '' D. cucullata'', '' D. finlaysoniana'', '' D. fragrans'', '' D. glabriscapa'', '' D. hartmeyerorum'', '' D. nana'', '' D. serpens'' it makes up the

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'' Arachnopus''.Barret and Lowrie, 2013
Application of names in Drosera section Arachnopus (Droseraceae)
Retrieved 15 November 2017.

Description

''Drosera indica'' is an unbranched,

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, supported by a fibrous root system and reaching a height of 5–50 cm (2–20 in). Leaves are narrowly linear, up to 10 cm inlong with 1–1.5 cm .4–0.6 inpedicels.Lowrie, Alan. 1998. ''

Carnivorous Plants of Australia ''Carnivorous Plants of Australia'' is a three-volume work on carnivorous plants by Allen Lowrie. The three tomes were published in 1987, 1989, and 1998, by University of Western Australia Press. An entirely updated three-volume work by Lowrie w ...

'', volume 3. University of Western Australia Press. p. 180. Young plants stand upright, while older ones form scrambling stems with only the newest growth exhibiting an upright habit. The plant can be yellow-green to maroon in color. Flower petals can be white, pink, orange, or purple. Its chromosome count is 2n=28.Kondo, K. 1969. Chromosome numbers of carnivorous plants. ''Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club'', 96(3): 322–328.

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Catalogue of Life entry
indica Carnivorous plants of Africa Carnivorous plants of Asia Carnivorous plants of Australia Caryophyllales of Australia Eudicots of Western Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of South Australia Flora of Queensland Flora of New South Wales Flora of Victoria (Australia) Plants described in 1753 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Flora of Maharashtra {{Australia-eudicot-stub