Australian Carnivorous Plants - Droseraceae
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Drosera spatulata Labill.
Spoon- leaf Sundew
Common in North Queensland. Plants have either pink or white flowers growing from basal rosettes of green or reddish leaves.

	Drosera spatulata	Drosera spatulata

	Description:Plant	Description:Plant
	Location:Kate St, Portsmith,Cairns,Queensland	Location:Kate St, Portsmith,Cairns,Queensland
	GPS coordinates: 16˚57.590S, 145˚45.089E	GPS coordinates: 16˚57.590S, 145˚45.089E
	Date of photo:30 May 2010	Date of photo:3 July 2010
	Field No.:654	Field No.:U239

	Drosera spatulata	Drosera spatulata

	Description:Pink flower (plant on left)	Description:White flower (plant on right)
	Location:Kate St, Portsmith, Cairns,Queensland	Location:Kate St, Portsmith, Cairns,Queensland
	GPS coordinates: 16˚57.590S, 145˚45.089E	GPS coordinates: 16˚57.590S, 145˚45.089E
	Date of photo:27 March 2011	Date of photo:27 March 2011
	Field No.:U240	Field No.:U240

	Drosera spatulata	Drosera spatulata

	Description:Plants in-situ showing reddish leaves and glandular hairs.	Description:Rosette of green leaves.
	Location:BlackdownTableland, Central Queensland	Location:BlackdownTableland , Central Queensland
	GPS coordinates: 23˚46.937S, 149˚04.935E	GPS coordinates: 23˚46.937S, 149˚04.935E
	Date of photo:25 July 2011	Date of photo:25 July 2011
	Field No.:905	Field No.:905
		Growing with Drosera peltata

References (accessed 10 June 2017):

http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Drosera~spatulata

Marchant, N.G., Aston, H.I. & George, A.S. in George, A.S., (ed.) (1982) Droseraceae. Flora of Australia. 8:19

Lowrie A., (2013), Carnivorous Plants of Australia, Magnum Opus - Volume 2, Redfern Natural History Productions

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