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''Drosera tracyi'' is often considered a synonym of ''Drosera filiformis''. The Plant List recognizes ''Drosera tracyi'' as a synonym of ''Drosera filiformis'' var. ''tracyi''. | ''Drosera tracyi'' is often considered a synonym of ''Drosera filiformis''. The Plant List recognizes ''Drosera tracyi'' as a synonym of ''Drosera filiformis'' var. ''tracyi''. | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Nepenthales |
| Family: | Droseraceae |
| Genus: | Drosera |
| Species: | D. tracyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Drosera tracyi (Diels) Macfarl. | |
Common name: Tracy's sundew
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Synonyms: none.[1]
Varieties: none.[1]
Drosera tracyi is often considered a synonym of Drosera filiformis. The Plant List recognizes Drosera tracyi as a synonym of Drosera filiformis var. tracyi.
Description
Drosera tracyi is a carnivorous plant. A description of this species is provided in The Flora of North America.
Generally, for the Drosera genus, they are an "annual or a perennial, rosulate, scapose herbs. Leaves with tentacle-like, glandular trichomes, the glistening, sticky secretion of each gland contributing to the insect-catching function of the leaf, and to the common name. Flowers perfect, actinomorphic, 5-merous; sepals and petals persistent, enclosing the capsule; stamens 5; ovary syncarpous, superior, 1-locular. Capsule valvate, seeds minute." [2]
Distribution
Ecology
Phenology
It flowers March to July with peak inflorescence in April and May.[3]
Conservation and management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
- ↑ Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 516-7. Print.
- ↑ Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 8 DEC 2016
