Drosera hirtella

Drosera hirtella is a Brazilian sundew with red, spoon-shaped leaves, pink flowers and scapes densely covered in red hairs. It lives in seasonally wet sands and peats of the campos rupestres and the vereda margins of the Cerrado. Unusually for a tropical sundew, it goes dormant through the dry season, surviving as slightly succulent roots from late July to November.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night A clear drop at nightTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

It grows in sandy to peaty soils in seasonally wet areas of campos rupestres, and along the margins of veredas and springs in open campo limpo grassland. In shade its leaves turn greenish instead of red.

The literature gives 600–1,600 m. GBIF records span 0–1,560 m (median 1,050 m), and the climate sites lie at 1,050–1,110 m.

Brazil: TocantinsBrazil: BahiaBrazil: Distrito FederalBrazil: GoiásBrazil: Minas Gerais

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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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.