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) around the stem. The 5 mm wide flowers are white.Lowrie, A. 1991
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'', 20(4): 114-123. It is native to northern

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). ''D. banksii'' was originally described by

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in 1824.Schlauer, J. 2010
World Carnivorous Plant List - Nomenclatural Synopsis of Carnivorous Phanerogamous Plants
. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

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