Drosera solaris
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Drosera solaris is a species of sundew
native to the highlands of Guyana
. It is thought to be most closely related to Drosera felix and Drosera kaieteurensis.
Sundew
Drosera, commonly known as the sundews, comprise one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surface. The insects are used to supplement...
native to the highlands of Guyana
Guyana
Guyana , officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, previously the colony of British Guiana, is a sovereign state on the northern coast of South America that is culturally part of the Anglophone Caribbean. Guyana was a former colony of the Dutch and of the British...
. It is thought to be most closely related to Drosera felix and Drosera kaieteurensis.