Drosera aliciae R. Hamet

Country of Origin: Constantia Nek, Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
Habitat: Plants growing in seeps on vertical sandstone faces

Description: Small plants with tufted, compact rosettes and a few fairly thin, long roots. Leaves apetiolate; stipules ovate, 3-cleft, up to 5 mm. long, the central lobe lanceolate, the outer linear-setaceous; the c. 30 leaves often reddish, similar in size, compactly arranged, the old leaves forming a thick mat below; lamina obcuneate to spathulate, up to 25 mm. long and 7 mm. broad near the obtuse to truncate apex, base cuneate, bearing both types of tentacles; lower surface appressed-pubescent. Inflorescence with the base of each scape exserted horizontally from the leafs rosette, subsequently erect, 15-40 cm. tall-firm, bearing 2-12 secund flowers; pedicel, up to 8 mm. long. Calyx-lobes c. 5 mm. long, broadly ovate, obtuse. Petals broadly obovate-cuneate, c. 10 mm. long purple. Stamens with the filaments flattened and the connective dilated. Styles forked from the base, the branches shortly 2-3-fid and dilated at the stigmatic apex. Capsule ovoid; seeds fusiform, with the testa extended on both sides.

Accession # 200500078
Source: Matt Opel
Provenance: Constantia Nek, Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa (M.R. Opel 200)
Accession Date: 09-07-2005
Bench: 2310 - Temperate Carnivores
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 3 confirmed on 07-21-2024

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 24 February 2015.
WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 24 February 2015.
Drosera aliciae at PlantzAfrica. Last accessed on Thursday, September 28, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:51:04 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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