Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Drosera hirsuta
Droseraceae Salisb.
Drosera hirsuta Lowrie & Conran , legitimate, scientific
Lowrie, A. (2014), Appendix. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 3: 1271 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia. On Brand Highway, north of Eneabba, 29 39'43"S, 115 13'36"E, 12 August 2003, Allen Lowrie 2790 (holo: PERTH; iso: MEL)"
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet, hirsuta, is from the Latin hirsutus (hirsute), in reference to the dense, non-glandular, hairy indumentum which covers only the uppermost portion of the major axis and the entire inflorescence, including the pedicels and abaxial surfaces of the sepals."
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018. Nuytsia 30: 3 [secondary reference]