Scientific Name: Drosera macrantha subsp. planchonii

Common Name: climbing sundew

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Droseraceae

Form Description: Slender, single stemmed, trailing or weakly climbing plant growing from tuber.

Flowers: Several in terminal clusters, white with hairy sepals and 5 stamens.

Fruit: Capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonBurnieClarenceDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHobartKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonSouthern Midlands
Plant Communities
Coastal Vegetation
Habitat Notes

Common in coastal areas. Carnivorous in habit.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Sandy

General Notes

Capillary watering is recommended. The tiny seedlings may be susceptible to weed competition.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Easy to grow from seed. Seeds black.

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

Surface sow the fine dust-like seed in autumn.