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Drosera pygmaea DC.

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Drosera pygmaea DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1, 317 (1824)
Drosera pygmaea DC.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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DC.
DC.
de Candolle, A.P. 1824: Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Vol. 1. Treuttel et Würtz, Paris.
1824
317
ICN
Drosera pygmaea DC.
species
Drosera pygmaea

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Droseraceae
Drosera
pygmaea

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Drosera pygmaea DC.

Stock extremely short. Lvs radical, appressed, rosulate; stipules scarious, up to 5 mm. long, trifid; segs laciniate; petioles flattened, glab., up to 6mm. long; lamina subpeltate, suborbicular, 1·5-2 mm. diam., clad in stalked glandular hairs. Peduncles solitary or few, filiform, up to 2.5 cm. long; fl. solitary, tetramerous. Sepals connate at base, ± oblong, up to 2 mm. long; petals white, up to 2.5 mm. long, ovate, obtuse. Style branches 4, clavate. Capsule 4-valved, elliptic-oblong.

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Drosera pygmaea DC.
Drosera pygmaea DC.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Drosera pygmaea DC.
Drosera pygmaea DC.
de Lange, P.J.; Gosden, J. et al. (2024)
Drosera pygmaea DC.
Drosera pygmaea DC.
Drosera pygmaea DC.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Drosera pygmaea DC.
Drosera pygmaea DC.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Drosera pygmaea DC.
Drosera pygmaea DC.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Drosera pygmaea DC.
Drosera pygmaea DC.
Drosera pygmaea DC.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Drosera pygmaea DC.

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Drosera pygmaea DC.
Australia
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Drosera pygmaea DC.
Australia
Tasmania
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Drosera pygmaea DC.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Drosera pygmaea DC.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Drosera pygmaea DC.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Drosera pygmaea DC.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Drosera pygmaea DC.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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a2ee601e-b4f9-4aa2-bd51-ba51a535f977
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
23 April 2026
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