Drosera monticola
A small tuberous sundew, 2–7 cm tall, known only from the summits of Bluff Knoll and Toolbrunup Peak in the Stirling Range of south-western Australia. It grows in winter and spring from a small red tuber in winter-wet loamy soil on ledges and hollows, flowers pink in October–November, and then retreats underground through the hot, dry summer. It needs the same cool, wet winter and bone-dry summer rest as other tuberous Drosera, with colder growing conditions than most.
Where it grows wild
Open montane heath and rock ledges on the highest peaks of the Stirling Range, in shallow, winter-wet loamy soil that collects on ledges and in depressions. The summits are often in cloud and see frost and occasional snow in winter.
Our records carry no elevations, but the species is confined to the summits of Bluff Knoll (1,099 m) and Toolbrunup Peak (about 1,050 m), so it grows at roughly 900–1,100 m.
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