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.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, OtR, Strz. 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., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 356–361. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
