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stamp: Drosera microphylla

Date of issue: 14 December 2015
Designer: Simone Sakinofsky, Australia Post Design Studio
Photographer: Kevin Thiele
Printer: McKellar (Pemara)

Part of a series of four WA 'Wildflowers' stamps, introduced at short notice for postal price rise to $2.

Plant: Drosera microphylla

Family: DROSERACEAE

Golden Rainbow

Tuberous perennial herb, 10 - 40 cm high, flowers deep red-pink-white.
Insectivorous plant.
Stalked sticky globules fringe the 2-4 mm wide heart-shaped solitary leaves, scattered along the stem.
Distribution: WA

 

 


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