DROSERACEAE

Dwarf Sundew

 

 

Solitary, with four petals. 

Capsule 

Tiny, flat basal rosette herb measuring 1-1.5cm in diameter. Numerous red leaves with glandular hairs on the upper surface, 1-2mm in diameter. 

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

 

Widespread and frequent in peaty heaths from sea level to about 1200m a.s.l. 

 

 

 

Drosera pygmaea self pollinates, and is one of the easiest sundews to grow. Propagate from seed, leaf cuttings or gemmae, which are small vegetative buds formed on the petioles of all pygmy droseras. In this species, the gemmae break off as they are formed, and accumulate into a pile over the centre of the parent plant bfore being dispersed by water. Plant seed or gemmae in mixture of half peat and half sand, keep moist but not wet, and do not fertilise. Capillary watering is recommended. Stand pots in a saucer of water and position in moderately high light. If situated in close proximity to other pot plants, Drosera pygmaea may spread and dominate other pygmy plants. Suitable below powerlines. 

Dust-like, black when ripe. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes 

Can be propagated by leaf and root cuttings.