Scientific Name: Drosera gunniana

Common Name: pale sundew

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Droseraceae

Form Description: Tuberous rosette herb with roundish leaves, about 3mm in diameter

Height (m): 0.06 – 0.3

Flowers: Unopened flower buds and calyx of open flowers are hairy. Petals usually white, and up to 1.3cm in diameter, usually twice as long as sepals, on terminal flowers. Flowering stem is erect and narrow.

Fruit: Capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadClarenceDerwent ValleyGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayKentishLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern Midlands
Plant Communities
Grassland
Habitat Notes

Widespread and locally abundant in grassy places and pastures.

General Notes

Stand pots in a saucer of water and position in moderately high light. Capillary watering is recommended. Keep moist but not wet, and allow to dry out in summer. Do not fertilise. Seedlings are susceptible to weed competition. Similar in appearance to Drosera auriculata, which can be distinguished by its smooth unopened flower buds and calyx. Thought to be poisonous to livestock.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings, Division

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed is dust-like, black when ripe.

Seed Treatment Notes

Sow seeds or bulbs in half peat, half sand mix.

Cutting & Division Information

Can be propagated by leaf and root cuttings.