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Scientific Name

Drosera macrantha

Family Name

DROSERACEAE

Common Name

Climbing Sundew

Status

Height

stem 0.6m (60cm)

Flowers

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

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Slender trailing plant growing from curied tuber.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Southern Midlands

Communities

Coastal Vegetation

Habitat Notes

Common in coastal areas. Carnivorous in habit.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Poor; Sandy

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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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

Seeds black

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Easy to grow from seed. Surface sow the fine dust-like seed in autumn. Capillary watering is recommended The tiny seedlings may be susceptile 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