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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
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Image Credit: Anna Povey – with permission
Scientific Name: Drosera peltata
Common Name: red 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
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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 Information
Seed Collection
Seed 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.