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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.
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