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Image Credit: M. Visiou – Natural Values Atlas
Scientific Name: Drosera glanduligera
Common Name: scarlet sundew
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Droseraceae
Threatened Species Status: Rare
Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.
Form Description: Ground-hugging, insectivorous rosette herb, with leaves which vary in colour from green to yellow or bright red. Leaves 3cm long, with glandular hairs.
Flowers: 8mm in diameter, orange or scarlet with blackish centres, on multiple stems. Up to 20 flowers per stem.
Fruit: Capsule
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Habitat Notes
Local on Flinders Island.
General Notes
A winter growing annual which dies after flowering. If grown in a pot, the seeds will self-sow and germinate in the following growing season. Do not fertilise, but combine old sand and Sphagnum mix with some fresh mixture when transplanting. Capillary watering is recommended. Stand pots in a saucer of water and position in moderately high light. Seedlings are susceptible to weed competition.
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Propagate from seed. Seed dust-like, black when ripe. Sow on a mixture of half propagating sand and half Sphagnum peat moss, and seed will germinate easily.
Seed Treatment Method
Smoke Smoke treatment improves germination in some species. Smokey products, e.g. smokey vermiculite, can be purchased and applied to the sown seed, or sown seeds can be treated directly with smoke from a source such as a drum with a fire and hose.
Seed Treatment Notes
Smoke treatment can significantly improve results for this species.
Cutting & Division Information
Can be propagated by leaf and root cuttings.