Drosera filiformis
A temperate sundew of the Atlantic coastal plain with long, thread-like, glandular leaves that unroll like fern fronds. Atlantic coast plants are hardy and need a real winter dormancy as a tight hibernaculum, while the small, redder Florida panhandle plants are less dependent on cold. Grow it outdoors in full sun, with its pot standing in rainwater.
Where it grows wild
Wet, acidic, nutrient-poor sand and peaty sand in open coastal plain habitats: pine barrens bogs, pond and lake shores that are seasonally exposed, wet savannas and seepage slopes. It is a plant of open ground with little competition, kept open by fire and fluctuating water levels.
It grows on the low coastal plain, mostly within about 100 m of sea level. Few records carry an elevation, so this was not measured.
🔒 Growing it like that
The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:
Grow Drosera filiformis? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.
More Drosera
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-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.