Flora of Victoria

Tuber absent. Stem reduced. Leaves in basal convex rosette, peltate; petiole slender, 2–5 mm long; lamina orbicular to obovate, 1–2 mm diam.; stipules 3–5 mm long, deeply 3-lobed with each lobe laciniate; minute, lens-shaped asexual propagules often produced in centre of rosette. Inflorescences axillary, 1–6, 5–45 mm long, 1-flowered; bracts absent; sepals 4, oblong to elliptic, 1.5–2 mm long, glabrous, margin entire, apex obtuse; petals 4, subspathulate, 1.5–2.5 mm long, white; styles 4, filiform with stigmas slightly club-shaped. Flowers mainly Sep.–Feb.

CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HSF, LoM, MuM, OtP, OtR, Strz, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim. Also WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. New Zealand. Occurs in damp soils in swamps and heathlands.

Source: Conn, B.J. (1996). Droseraceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Caryophyllanae

order Caryophyllales

family Droseraceae

genus Drosera

Higher taxa

species Drosera pygmaea DC.

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Drosera pygmaea in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Drosera pygmaea in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	native
Murray Mallee	present	native
Wimmera	present	native
Glenelg Plain	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Victorian Riverina	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Warrnambool Plain	present	native
Goldfields	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Greater Grampians	present	native
Dundas Tablelands	present	native
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
East Gippsland Uplands	present	native
Wilsons Promontory	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Otway Ranges	present	native
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania

Drosera pygmaea DC.

Tiny Sundew

Victoria

State distribution