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Drosera parvula

Drosera parvula is a pygmy sundew from south-western Western Australia, forming tiny rosettes that reproduce by gemmae. It grows through the cool wet winter and rests through the dry summer, like other pygmy sundews. Species-specific detail is thin, so the conditions below rest on the measured climate and the pygmy group.

Drosera parvula
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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

Low heath and sandy openings on damp sand in winter; details specific to this species were not reachable, so this follows the pygmy sundew group.

Records rarely carry an elevation; they come from lowland coastal and near-coastal sites.

Western Australia

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.