Climbing Sundew
S4, Leaf, profile
Murray Mallee Region
Climbing Sundew
S4, Leaves, back
 
                      
Climbing Sundew (Drosera macrantha ssp planchonii)Class: Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)
Order: Betalains (Caryophyllales)
Family: Sundew (Droseraceae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Climbing Sundew (Drosera macrantha ssp planchonii)
This Photo:     🔍S4, Leaf, back🔎
Synonym: Drosera planchonii

Thank you Dr Miguel de Salas (mftasp) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Adelaide Hills, Flinders Ranges, Coastal Areas and possibly elsewhere
Leaves ~6mm wide (excluding "fingers"), ~13mm wide (inc "fingers"), with white flowers.
Currently known on Atlas & SA Seed Bank as Drosera macrantha ssp. planchonii.
This was succeeded by Drosera planchonii in 2017 by Lowrie, A. & al.

Copyright © 2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 08-Jul-2024
This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)