Drosera indica
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Drosera indica | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 A closeup of D. indica in situ
|
||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
| Binomial name | ||||||||||||||
| Drosera indica L. (1753) |
Drosera indica is an insectivorous plant, a sundew native to tropical countries throughout the world, from Australia and Asia to Africa, but absent from the neotropics. Together with D. hartmeyerorum it makes up the section Arachnopus.
[edit] Description
D. indica is an unbranched, annual herbaceous plant, supported by a fibrous root system and reaching a height of 5–50 cm (2–20 in)[citation needed]. Young plants stand upright, while older ones form scrambling stemps with only the newest growth exhibiting an upright habit. The plant can be yellow-green to maroon in color. Its chromosome count is 2n=28[citation needed].
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
 |
This Caryophyllales article is a stub. Please help Wikipedia grow by expanding it. |
