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Accession Data:

Drosera capensis L.

  • subg. Drosera sect. Drosera

  • Common Name: Cape Sundew
  • Family: Droseraceae Salisb.

  • Country of Origin: Vogelgat, near Hermanus, South Africa
  • Habitat: Wet, acidic soil, among fynbos vegetation.

  • USDA Zone: 9b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200500079
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Provenance: Vogelgat, near Hermanus, South Africa
  • Accession Date: 09-07-2005
  • Bench: 2309 - Temperate Carnivores
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 5 confirmed on 10-23-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Droseraceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007

References (internal):

  • Aquatic Plants
  • Carnivorous Plants
  • Benthophyte
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 25 February 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 25 February 2015.

data regenerated on Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:42:03 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Drosera capensis

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Current Accessions in the Droseraceae

  • Aldrovanda vesiculosa W/C
  • Dionaea muscipula
  • Drosera aliciae W/C
  • Drosera auriculata
  • Drosera binata
  • Drosera binata W/C
  • Drosera binata var. multifida extrema
  • Drosera callistos
  • Drosera capensis W/C
  • Drosera capillaris W/C
  • Drosera cuneifolia
  • Drosera dielsiana
  • Drosera filiformis var. filiformis W/C
  • Drosera filiformis var. tracyi
  • Drosera hartmeyerorum
  • Drosera macrantha
  • Drosera pygmaea W/C
  • Drosera ramellosa
  • Drosera regia W/C
  • Drosera spatulata ssp. lovellae W/C
  • Drosera venusta
  • Drosera x legrandii
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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