Summary ²

Drosera planchonii, the bridal rainbow, is a scrambling or climbing perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus Drosera that can be found in south-eastern Australia. It grows in a variety of habitats, including coastal heathland and on sandy soils. D. planchonii produces small, cup-shaped carnivorous leaves along a long stem that can be 0.16–1.5 m (0.5–4.9 ft) high as it climbs. It has relatively large (2.5 cm) white flowers.

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1. (c) Geoffrey Cox, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Geoffrey Cox
2. Adapted by Miguel de Salas from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosera_planchonii

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• iNaturalistAU taxon page
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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