''Drosera radicans'' 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''. It is endemic to Western Australia and is only found in a relatively small area north of Geraldton. It grows in winter-wet areas in sand or sandy clay soils. ''D. radicans'' produces small carnivorous leaves along stems that can be high. White flowers bloom from August to September. ''Drosera radicans'' was first described by

N. G. Marchant Neville Graeme Marchant (born 1939) is a retired Western Australian botanist. He was formerly the Director of the Western Australian Herbarium. Marchant began working for the Western Australian Herbarium at the age of 15, as a laboratory assist ...

in 1982.Schlauer, J. 2009
World Carnivorous Plant List - Nomenclatural Synopsis of Carnivorous Phanerogamous Plants
. Accessed online: 2 September 2009.

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Carnivorous plants of Australia Caryophyllales of Australia Eudicots of Western Australia Plants described in 1982 radicans Taxa named by Neville Graeme Marchant {{WesternAustralia-plant-stub

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