Drosera natalensis
A rosette sundew of south-eastern Africa and Madagascar, with spoon-shaped leaves and pink flowers, related to D. burmannii and D. aliciae. It grows in wet, sunny grassland, marshes and seepages, from the coast to the highlands, in a summer-rainfall climate. It is easy in cultivation and grows year-round given warmth and wet soil.
Where it grows wild
It grows on wet sandy or peaty ground in grassland, marshes and seepages, from coastal dunes to montane grassland.
Records span 75โ2700 m with a median of about 1600 m, but most wild plants are in coastal and midland KwaZulu-Natal.
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