Drosera microphylla
A tuberous sundew from south-west Western Australia called the golden rainbow. Slender erect stems 10–40 cm tall carry tiny round peltate trap leaves, and the flowers have shiny golden sepals and petals from white to red. It grows through the cool, wet winter and flowers from June to September, then dies back to a tuber for the hot, dry summer. Growers need to follow that cycle.
Where it grows wild
It grows in open jarrah and marri woodland, kwongan heath and on and around granite outcrops, in lateritic gravel, sandy loam and thin moss over granite. Many sites are winter-wet but dry out completely in summer.
Found in lowland and hill country, mostly below about 500 m, from the Darling Range near Perth south to Albany and east to Esperance.
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