Drosera tentaculata
A small rosette sundew of the Drosera montana alliance, endemic to the campo rupestre of Brazil's Espinhaço Range. Its obovate leaves end in 7–12 long 'snap tentacles' at the tip, which make it easy to recognise. Grow it like other Brazilian highland sundews: full sun, warm days, cooler nights and a wet sandy mix, with a drier spell in winter.
Where it grows wild
It grows in open campo rupestre, the grassy, rocky vegetation on quartzite and sandstone highlands. It is found at the edges of seasonal springs and seeps, and also on drier hilltops in fine white sand with quartz gravel, in sandstone cracks, or in a thin layer of soil over bare rock. It usually grows among sparse grasses, often alongside other Drosera. At one site near Gouveia unusually large plants grow in permanently wet peat.
About 950–1400 m according to the 2014 Carnivorous Plant Newsletter treatment. The type was collected at about 1000 m near Diamantina, and GBIF specimen records have a median elevation near 1100 m.
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