Drosera peltata
A tuberous sundew that grows through the cool, wet winter and spring and spends the hot, dry summer as a dormant tuber buried 4–6 cm deep. It is one of the easiest tuberous Drosera to grow because it forgives some summer moisture. Give it bright, cool conditions while in leaf and a drier, warm rest once the stems die back.
Where it grows wild
A terrestrial perennial of open, frost-free flats with light scrub, regenerating forest, grassy verges and road cuttings. It grows in soft fine clay or peaty sand that is wet in winter and dries out in summer. The upright or scrambling stems, 5–50 cm tall depending on the form, carry small shield-shaped traps and rise from a buried tuber.
Mostly lowland to low hill country; few of the wild records carry an elevation, so there is no measured altitude range.
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