Drosera rupicola
A tuberous sundew from the Western Australian wheatbelt that grows in loamy soil around granite outcrops. It forms a basal rosette with three to five semi-erect lateral stems up to 15 cm long, and its leaf blades can fold over prey. It grows through the cool, wet winter and flowers from July to October, then dies back to a dormant tuber through the hot, dry summer. Growers must copy that cycle.
Where it grows wild
It grows on the aprons, bases and flat margins of granite outcrops, in shallow red, orange or brown loams and gritty sandy loams where run-off gathers. Collectors record damp soil beside rock pools and run-off channels, among low herbs, grasses, moss and scattered shrubs such as Acacia, Hakea and Allocasuarina. It belongs to section Stolonifera and was formerly treated as D. stolonifera subsp. rupicola.
Inland plateau country at roughly 300–400 m; specimen elevations cluster around 335–380 m.
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