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Image Credit: Sam Ayre – with permission
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Image Credit: Sam Ayre – with permission
Scientific Name: Drosera auriculata
Common Name: tall sundew
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Droseraceae
Form Description: Slender insectivorous plant. Stem leaves covered with sticky hairs.
Flowers: Terminal, few, petals pale pink, twice as long as sepals and spreading widely.
Fruit: Capsule
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Habitat Notes
Widespread and abundant on dry hillsides and heaths. Requires lime-free infertile soil.
Site Tolerance
Dry
Soil Tolerance
Nutrient-poor
General Notes
Dies back to ground level in summer.
Propagation Calendar
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Sowing Month
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Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Easy to grow from seed. Seed is black when ripe.
Seed Treatment Method
Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.
Seed Treatment Notes
Sow seed in spring. Requires lime-free infertile soil.
Germination Time
2-4 weeks
Cutting & Division Information
Tubers transplanted from the bush usually die/fade away.