Drosera aquatica

Drosera aquatica is a species of sundew endemic to the Northern Territory and Western Australia. It was first described by Allen Lowrie in 2013.^[2] Like other members of Drosera sect. Arachnopus it is an annual therophyte.^[3]

Drosera aquatica
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Droseraceae
Genus:	Drosera
Subgenus:	Drosera subg. Drosera
Section:	Drosera sect. Arachnopus
Species:	D. aquatica
Binomial name
Drosera aquatica Lowrie

As the specific epithet implies, D. aquatica can be entirely aquatic, floating on the surface of floodwaters from the Australian monsoon.^[4]