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Carnivorous Well documented

Drosera elongata

A slender, scrambling sundew from upland wet savanna in Angola, Zambia and the Katanga region, with stems up to 90 cm carrying small, evenly spaced trapping leaves. It grows in perennially wet spots within seasonally dry savanna. Natural hybrids with D. madagascariensis have been recorded.

Drosera elongata
Photo: Herbarium of the University of Coimbra (COI) , CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Perennially wet places, such as swamps and seepage marshes, in seasonally dry wet savanna on upland plateaus, scrambling through sedges and grasses.

Specimens are from about 1200 to 1900 m.

AngolaZambiaDR CongoCongoBurundiTanzania

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✓ Substrate and airflow
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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 4.0 licence, unmodified.