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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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Seed Collecting Months
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Sowing Months
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Cutting Months
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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
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