Byblis rorida

{{Short description|Species of carnivorous plant}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{speciesbox |image = Byblis rorida imported from iNaturalist photo 179480570 on 14 February 2024.jpg |status = LC |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Cross, A. |date=2018 |title=''Byblis rorida'' |volume=2018 |article-number=e.T39634A143958117 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T39634A143958117.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref> |genus = Byblis (plant) |species = rorida |authority = Lowrie & Conran (1998) }}

'''''Byblis rorida''''' is a species of carnivorous plant in the Byblidaceae family that is endemic to Australia.

They have surfaces covered in glandular hairs, which can capture and also digest small insects. They are annuals with fibrous roots, at the end of the dry season the plants die back. Relying on seed to grow in the next wet season.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lowrie |first1=A. |last2=Conran |first2=J.G. |title=A taxonomic revision of the genus ''Byblis'' (Byblidaceae) in northern Australia. |journal=Nuytsia |date=1998 |volume=12 |pages=59–74|doi=10.58828/nuy00283 }}</ref>

Smut fungus ''Yelsemia lowrieana'' (in the family Melanotaeniaceae) was found on a species of plant on the shores of Lake Campion near the town of Mukinbudin.<ref name="Shivas2003">{{cite journal |last1=Shivas |first1=R.G. |last2=Vánky |first2=K. |title=First record of a smut fungus on Byblidaceae: ''Yelsemia lowrieana'', new species from Australia. |journal=Fungal Diversity |date=2003 |volume=13 |pages=131–135}}</ref>

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rorida Category:Least concern flora of Australia Category:Eudicots of Western Australia Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxa named by Allen Lowrie