Drosera pygmaea
Species of carnivorous plant
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Drosera pygmaea is a carnivorous, rosette-forming biennial or annual species of herb native to Australia and New Zealand.[1] The specific epithet, which translates as "dwarf" from Latin, is a reference to the very small size of this plant, which grows to between 8 and 18 mm in diameter.[1] Small, pale flowers are produced at the ends of 1- to 3-inch stems. It is perhaps the most well-known of the pygmy sundews.[2] Within New Zealand D. pygmaea is found in a wide range of habitats from coastal to subalpine, it requires open ground as it is easily outcompeted from taller species.[3]
| Drosera pygmaea | |
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| Early summer growth of Drosera pygmaea at the Peter Murrell Reserve, near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Droseraceae |
| Genus: | Drosera |
| Subgenus: | Drosera subg. Ergaleium |
| Section: | Drosera sect. Bryastrum Planch. |
| Species: | D. pygmaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Drosera pygmaea DC. (1824) | |
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