Drosera intermedia

Oblong-leaved sundew

A small rosetted sundew, up to about 10 cm tall, with spoon-shaped leaves on long stalks. It is one of the most widely distributed sundews, found across Europe, eastern North America, the Caribbean and northern South America. It grows in the wettest parts of open bogs, wet heath and sandy shores, often partly under water. Temperate plants overwinter as a tight resting bud (hibernaculum), while tropical populations in Cuba and South America grow all year.

Drosera intermedia — Photo: No machine-readable author provided. NoahElhardt assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets 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 sunny, constantly wet places: bog pools and hollows, wet heath, fens, wet sandy lake and pond shores, ditches and wet meadows. It often grows at the water's edge and can survive long periods submerged, where it may form an elongated stem.

Mostly lowland. Few records carry an elevation; most records are from the lowland Netherlands and the Atlantic coastal plain of the USA.

Western, central and northern Europe to European Russia and the CaucasusEastern CanadaEastern and south-eastern USACuba and HispaniolaNorthern South America (Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, north-eastern Brazil)

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 2.5 licence, unmodified.