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Drosera porrecta

Erect plants with 1-3 basal rosettes. Non-flowering plants produce a single, unbranched stem up to 45 cm high with the leaves attached in whorls. Flowering specimens are usually branched above the uppermost basal rosette and much smaller (about 15 cm without inflorescence). A main inflorescence will arise from the from the uppermost basal rosette and smaller inflorescence may appear from any whorl of leaves.
The tuber is orange.

This species can be differentiated from other species in the complex as non-flowering specimens have a single stem bearing whorls of leaves along the the length. The branching in flowering specimens always occurs above the ground level whereas in D. stolonifera the branching occurs at ground level.

You can find a full description of this species here: http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/science/nuytsia/412.pdf (the download may be slow): Lowrie, A taxonomic revision of Drosera section Stolonifera (Droseraceae) from south-west Western Australia, Nuytsia 15(3): 355–393 (2005); (file size 3.9 MB)

tubers

tubers

Tubers of D. porrecta. Tubers of this species can exceed 2 cm in diameter.

 

 




emerging plant

emerging plants

Emerging plants. These plants will not flower this season as they have a single stem.

 

 

non-flowering plant

close-up of stem showing the whorls of leaves

Non-flowering plants later in the season.

 

 

emerging plant

emerging plants

Small plants early in the growing season.

 

 

emerging plant

This plant was damaged at its growth point and forms some branches.

 

 

seedlings

seedling

Young seedlings (left), single seedling towards the end of the growing season. Please note the plant size with respect to the stolon lenght and tuber size (scale given in cm).

 

 




 

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