Cephalotus follicularis
The only species in its family. It is a small pitcher plant confined to a coastal strip of south-western Western Australia, where it grows in perennial seepages on peaty sand among sedges and tea-tree. It wants cool, mild temperatures, moving rather than stagnant water, strong light for red pitchers, and a cooler, dimmer winter rest.
Where it grows wild
Grows in perennial seepages where groundwater leaks out of slopes at the edge of swampy basins and along creeks, in coastal heath. Rosettes sit on peaty sand, often on small mounds at the base of Leptospermum tea-tree, just above stepped pools, among sedge tussocks and sphagnum. The ground is wet but the water keeps moving. Fire clears the shrubs periodically; plants in the open colour deep red, while those shaded by regrowing scrub stay green and grow poorly.
A near-coastal lowland plant; the few recorded elevations are 25–100 m.
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