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Scientific Name
Drosera pygmaea
Family Name
DROSERACEAE
Common Name
Dwarf Sundew
Status
Height
Flowers
Solitary, with four petals.
Fruit
Capsule
Form
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.
Municipalities
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
Communities
Habitat Notes
Widespread and frequent in peaty heaths from sea level to about 1200m a.s.l.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
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.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
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Cutting Months
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Seed Information
Seed Collection
Dust-like, black when ripe.
Seed Treatment Method
Seed Storage Life
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
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.
Yes
Cutting Notes
Can be propagated by leaf and root cuttings.
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