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Carnivorous Partly documented

Drosera trinervia

A small rosette sundew from the south-western Cape of South Africa, where it is one of the commonest species on moist, peaty slopes in fynbos. Its tight rosettes of stalkless, wedge-shaped, three-veined leaves about 1 cm long sit on one or two slightly swollen roots, and it bears white or occasionally violet flowers on 5–10 cm stalks. Grow it as a bright, cool-season sundew that is wet in winter and drier in summer.

Drosera trinervia
Photo: Rosťa Kracík, CC BY 3.0 cz, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets 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

Moist, peaty places on slopes among fynbos, the fire-adapted shrubland of the Cape's Mediterranean climate. The low vegetation leaves the rosettes in full or near-full sun, and the soils are wet in the winter rains and dry out in summer.

No elevation range was found in the sources and GBIF has no usable wild records; fynbos slopes in the south-western Cape run from near sea level into the mountains.

South Africa (Western Cape)

🔒 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 3.0 cz licence, unmodified.