Drosera neocaledonica
A tropical sundew endemic to the ultramafic south of Grande Terre, New Caledonia, forming a short-stemmed rosette of narrowly spoon-shaped leaves whose petioles carry conspicuous bristly white hairs, and flowers about 2 cm across. It grows in open, sunny maquis shrubland and marshes and has no dormancy, so it wants bright light, warm conditions and constantly wet, nutrient-poor medium all year.
Where it grows wild
Grows mostly in open maquis shrubland, seepages and marshy ground on ultramafic (serpentine and peridotite) soils, and occasionally in forest. These soils are rich in iron, nickel and magnesium and very poor in nutrients; plants grow in full or near-full sun in wet spots.
Literature gives about 50–1280 m; the 65 GBIF records with an elevation span 0–1280 m, median 532 m.
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