Drosera erythrogyne N.Marchant & Lowrie is a plant in the Droseraceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Drosera erythrogyne N.Marchant & Lowrie

Drosera erythrogyne N.Marchant & Lowrie

Drosera erythrogyne is an endemic climbing perennial tuberous sundew from Western Australia, with white flowers from August to October.

Family
Genus
Drosera
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Drosera erythrogyne N.Marchant & Lowrie

Drosera erythrogyne N.Marchant & Lowrie is a scrambling or climbing perennial tuberous carnivorous plant species belonging to the genus Drosera, and it is endemic to Western Australia. This species grows in soils ranging from peat-sand to loam. It occurs in a coastal region of southern Western Australia located west of Albany, where it grows in swamps or near granite outcrops. It produces small leaves along a long, scrambling stem that can reach 2–3 meters (7–10 feet) in length. It bears white flowers between August and October. D. erythrogyne was first formally described and named by N. G. Marchant and Allen Lowrie in 1992.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Droseraceae Drosera

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