Drosera prophylla Species Profile
Drosera prophylla is an erect tuberous species that grows in laterite hilltops in Western Australia. As its specific epithet references, it grows numerous non-carnivorous bracts (prophylls) at the base of…
platypoda
Drosera platypoda Species Profile
Drosera platypoda is a fan-leaved tuberous sundew that grows in the south coast of Western Australia. It grows a single erect stem up to 20 cm tall, out of which…
Drosera modesta Species Profile
Drosera modesta is a scrambling tuberous species that grows in karri and jarrah forest mostly towards the south of WA. The species is named after its its delicate form (modestus…
Drosera magna Species Profile
Drosera magna is a rosetted tuberous species in the D. erythrorhiza complex. It is endemic to the sandplains between Perth and Geraldton. As its specific epithet suggests, the plants are…
Drosera humilis Species Profile
Drosera humilis is a fan leaved tuberous species endemic to the sandplains between Perth and Ajana. The species breaks dormancy in late winter with an inflorescence of white blooms. These…
hirsuta
Drosera hirsuta Species Profile
Drosera hirsuta is a scrambling tuberous species endemic to the Geraldton Sandplains and adjacent plains in Western Australia. It is a member of the Drosera macrantha complex, sharing common features…
Drosera collina Species Profile
Drosera collina is a large rosetted tuberous species endemic to Western Australia. The species is named after it's hilly habitat (collina = hill in latin). Drosera collina has flat rosettes…
Drosera androsacea Species Profile
Drosera androsacea is a pygmy species native to the inland south west of Western Australia. It actively grows during winter, before forming a pentagonal stack of stipular buds as the…
South East Melbourne – July
The middle of winter is a wonderful time to find Drosera in southern Victoria. In a single day, I was able to locate 9 species of sundews around south east…
Drosera sp. Macau
This undescribed Drosera taxon grows along a small coastal strip in Macau. It inhabits seepages alongside Nepenthes mirabilis. Drosera sp Macau is distinguished from typical D. spatulata by its rounded…