Drosera aberrans
A tuberous sundew from south-eastern Australia that grows through the cool, wet winter as a flat rosette 3–5 cm across and dies back to an underground tuber for the hot, dry summer. It forms colonies by producing extra tubers, which sets it apart from its former parent species Drosera whittakeri and makes it one of the easiest tuberous sundews to multiply. Flowers appear from July to September.
Where it grows wild
It grows in mallee woodland, heathland and open forest, on soils ranging from sand to lateritic gravel and limestone clay. The rosettes lie flat on open ground between low shrubs and grasses, where winter sun reaches them.
Mostly lowland and low hills, from near sea level to a few hundred metres in Victoria and South Australia.
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