Drosera aliciae
A small rosetted sundew from the fynbos and grassland of South Africa's Western and Eastern Cape, and one of the easiest sundews in cultivation (it holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit). It grows in open, damp sandy or stony ground in full sun, so it colours deep red only under strong light. It has no true dormancy and is happy year-round on a windowsill or under lights in a water tray.
Where it grows wild
Open mountain fynbos slopes, sandy flats and seepy ground on sandstone, plus stony dolerite grassland in the Eastern Cape; herbarium labels describe full sun, sandy well-drained but occasionally moist soil, and sites that burn periodically.
From near sea level on the southwestern coast up to about 1,600 m in the Eastern Cape mountains (Katberg); most records are lowland to mid-slope fynbos.
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