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Drosera burmanni Vahl
Tropical Sundew

Reference
Symb.Bot. 3:50 (1794)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Fibrous-rooted, rosetted perennial, herb, (0.03-)0.06-0.15(-0.28) m high. Fl. white/pink, Apr to Oct. Sandy damp soils. Near creek, swamps or seepage areas.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 April 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Darwin Coastal, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.