Drosera sessilifolia St.Hil. is a plant in the Droseraceae family, order Caryophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Drosera sessilifolia St.Hil.

Drosera sessilifolia St.Hil.

Drosera sessilifolia is a carnivorous Drosera species native to northern South America, with insect-trapping leaves and pink-lilac flowers.

Family
Genus
Drosera
Order
Caryophyllales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Drosera sessilifolia St.Hil.

Drosera sessilifolia St.Hil. is a carnivorous plant species belonging to the genus Drosera. It is native to Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela, where it grows in sandy or gravelly soils in seasonal seepages that collect a thin film of water. This species grows a rosette of small, carnivorous leaves that range from wedge-shaped to round. Its leaves are usually yellowish when young, and turn redder as they age. Its inflorescences bear pink-lilac flowers. The diploid chromosome number of Drosera sessilifolia is 2n = 20.

Photo: (c) Víctor de Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Víctor de Paiva · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Caryophyllales Droseraceae Drosera

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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