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3. Drosera peltata Sm. ex Wild.wfo-0000839253

Sp. Pl. 1: 1546. 1797; Clarke in Fl. Br. Ind. 2: 424. 1879; Gagnep. In Fl. Gén. I.-C. 1: 702. 1920; Craib in Fl. Siam. En. 1: 590. 1931; van Steenis in Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermat. 4: 380. 1953; Larsen, Dansk Bot. Ark. 23: 69. 1963; Lecompte in Fl. C.L.V. 4: 67. pl. 1. f. 1–7. 1965. Fig. 24: 3; Plate IV: 3.

Accepted Name : Drosera peltata Thunb.
Drosera: 7. 1797.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Caulescent herb with a subterranean tuber, 5–10 mm diam.; stem erect, glabrous up to 35 cm high, simple or with few branches. Stipules absent. Basal leaves early caducous; leaves along the stem with petioles 5–10 mm long; lamina peltate, triangular, 3–6 mm diam., with long tentacles. Cymes unbranched, few-flowered. Pedicels 1–2 cm. Sepals ovate-elliptic with serrate, fimbriate margin, 2–3 mm long. Petals white, obovate, 5–6 mm long. Stamens 5, free, 3–4 mm long with orbicular anthers. Ovary 3-carpellate; style 3, several times branched towards the apex. Capsule 3-valved, oblong spherical, ca 3 mm diam.

Thailand : NORTHERN: common; NORTH-EASTERN: common; SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi (Bo Rae).

Distribution : Ceylon, SE Asia (absent from the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo), the Philippines, Japan and China, Australia (type) and Tasmania.

Ecology : In Thailand a typical mountain species occurring from 700 m up to 2,100 m alt., found in open Pine forests with sandy soil and low grass vegetation as well as in Dipterocarp forests with lateritic soil.

Vernacular : Pat nam (ปัดน้ำ)(Northeastern).

E-version notes : Drosera peltata Sm. ex Willd. [Illegitimate]