Communities

Scientific Name

Drosera binata

Family Name

DROSERACEAE

Common Name

Forked Sundew

Status

Height

0.2m (20cm)

Flowers

Main flower stalk long, bearing clusters of white sweetly scented flowers, 2cm across.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Perennial herb with fibrous roots and underground runners. Leaves forked once or twice.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Heath; Montane Vegetation; Riparian; Sedgeland and Wetland

Habitat Notes

Occasional in bogs and soaks in wet heaths, sea level to montane.

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Poor; Poorly-drained; Sandy

General Notes

Les Payne: Never grown - no comment. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

seed is black when ripe

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Surface sow the fine dust-like seed in autumn. Capillary watering is recommended. The tiny seedlings may be susceptible to weed competition.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes

From leaf cuttings. Leaves are pinned down on moist bed of sphagnum moss and plantlets are formed at leaf divisions. Or propagate from stem cuttings. This is the easiest of the Droseras.