Drosera intermedia
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Description
Acaulescent or very short stemmend herb forming a rosette, no more than 3 cm tall. Leaves spathulate, 20-40 mm long, petiole and blade well defined; stipules 2-4 mm long, 3-7-partite; petiole 15-30 x 0.5 mm, hairy beneath; blade obovate, 5-10 x 1.5-3 mm, glabrous or hairy beneath. Inflorescences 1-4 per plant, 5-20 cm long, 3-15-flowered; peduncle erect or curved near base, 3-15 cm long. Flowers with sepals ovate, joined at base or free, 2.5-3 x 1 mm, margin entire; petals white, spathulate, 3-6 x 2-3 mm; stamens 2-5 mm long; pollen tetrad 55-65 µm diameter, spines and spinules well defined, spines 2 µm long, 7-12 µm2; ovary with 3 styles, bipartite near base. Seeds papillose, ellipsoid, papillae arranged irregularly, 0.50-0.55 mm x 0.25-0.30 mm.
Distribution
Caribbean Islands present, Eurasia present, French Guiana present, Guianas present, Guyana present, North America present, Southern America: Venezuela (Venezuela present), Suriname present, coastal plain from southern Virginia to Texas present
Common in Eurasia, and the coastal plain from southern Virginia to Texas (North America), Central America, Caribbean islands and northern South America: Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and Brazil, expected in French Guiana; 30 collections studied, 12 from the Guianas (GU: 7; SU: 5).