Drosera salina
A small, erect tuberous sundew, up to 7 cm tall, found only in southern inland Western Australia. It grows in salt-free white sand on rises and fringes around salt lakes. It grows through the cool, wetter winter, flowers white from July to September, and survives the hot, dry summer as a dormant underground tuber. Grow it like other tuberous Drosera: a sunny, cool winter season in sandy mix, and a completely dry summer rest.
Where it grows wild
FloraBase gives salt-free white sand on the margins of salt lakes. Herbarium labels from Lake Dundas and Lake Gilmore describe sandy rises and salt-lake edges in Melaleuca thyoides shrubland with Disphyma, Darwinia and Cyathostemon. It grows in the open between low shrubs, in sand that is freshened by rain above the saline ground below.
Low inland plateau. Herbarium records with elevations give about 280–330 m.
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