Drosera banksii Northern Territory, WA

Drosera banksii is an annual species native to tropical Australia and Papua New Guinea.
The species varies in size, with an erect, fleshy stem reaching a height of 2 to 30 cm, although most specimens do not exceed 10 cm. Arched petioles emerge from the upright stem, each terminating in a reniform lamina. The entire inflorescence is covered with long, silvery hairs. The flowers are white and five-petaled, with hairy sepals. Plants are typically a fulvous-orange color, which takes on a brick-red hue under stress. D. banksii grows in the monsoon regions of northern Australia. The species germinates during the wet season and flowers with the onset of the dry season, as its habitat begins to dry out. It is a strictly annual species. Plants can be found in a variety of seasonally wet niches, including boggy grassland, gravel beds near watercourses, and damp, compacted pathways.

Phylogenetic studies place the species in section Lasiocephala (petiolaris complex), but it differs from other species due to its annual nature and erect morphology. D. banksii can be confused with D. subtilis, another similarly shaped annual petiolaris sundew. D. banksii is distinguished by its inflorescence, which is covered with hairs (D. subtilis is completely glabrous).
SOURCE: Fierce Flora