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Four new species of sticky, carnivorous sundew discovered in WA thanks to social media

A nature photographer has rediscovered a plant species whose last known sighting was when it was collected by Western Australia's first government botanist 170 years ago. 

Daniel Anderson, from Jurien Bay, stumbled across a flower he had never seen before while out searching for orchids to photograph.

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