{{Short description|Species of carnivorous plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Drosera lanata 2 Darwiniana.jpg | image_caption = In cultivation | genus = Drosera | parent = Drosera subg. Lasiocephala | species = lanata | authority = K.Kondo | range_map = Drosera lanata.svg | range_map_caption = Distribution of ''D.&nbsp;lanata'' in Australia | synonyms = *''D.&nbsp;petiolaris''&nbsp;var.&nbsp;''conferta'' <small>Domin</small> }}

'''''Drosera lanata''''' is a carnivorous plant in the genus ''Drosera'' and is endemic to the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia. Its leaves are arranged in a compact basal rosette. Narrow linear petioles less than 2&nbsp;mm wide emerge from the center of the rosette and hold carnivorous leaves at the end. Both petioles and the center of the rosette are densely covered in silvery dendritic hairs.<ref name="Lowrie 1990">Lowrie, A. 1990. [http://carnivorousplants.org/cpn/articles/CPNv19n3_4p65_72.pdf The ''Drosera petiolaris'' complex.] ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'', 19(3-4):65-72.</ref><ref name="Lowrie 1998B">Lowrie, A. 1998. ''Carnivorous Plants of Australia''. Vol. 3. Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. p. 31.</ref> These dendritic hairs afford the plant insulation and allow it to trap morning dew for additional moisture during the dry season.<ref name="Lowrie 1998">Lowrie, A. 1998. ''Carnivorous Plants of Australia''. Vol. 3. Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. pp. 21-22.</ref> The leaf lamina is maroon-red and 2&nbsp;mm long by 2.5&nbsp;mm wide.<ref name="Lowrie 1998B" /><ref name="Lowrie 1991">Lowrie, A. 1991. [http://carnivorousplants.org/cpn/articles/CPNv20n4p114_123.pdf A field trip to Darwin.] ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'', 20(4):114-123.</ref>

''Drosera lanata'' was first formally described by Katsuhiko Kondo in 1984 when he authored three new species of the ''D.&nbsp;petiolaris'' complex.<ref name="Lowrie 1990" /> The type specimen was collected near Mareeba on the Cape York Peninsula on 28 March 1982.<ref name=IPNI>{{IPNI|id=166774-3|accessdate=26 June 2010}}</ref>

== See also == * List of ''Drosera'' species * Taxonomy of ''Drosera''

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Category:Carnivorous plants of Australia Category:Caryophyllales of Australia Category:Flora of Queensland Category:Flora of the Northern Territory Category:Plants described in 1984 lanata

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