Drosera tubaestylis
A small tuberous sundew from south-western Western Australia that makes a flat rosette 2–3 cm across during the cool, wet winter and retreats to an underground tuber for the dry summer. It belongs to section Erythrorhiza, is related to Drosera bulbosa, and is named for the trumpet-shaped tips of its styles. It grows at the edges of seasonal swamps, so it wants wetter winter soil than many tuberous sundews.
Where it grows wild
Herbarium labels place it on the margins of seasonally wet swamps and in drainage lines, and on granite aprons, in wet brown or grey-brown clayey sand, sometimes with laterite gravel. Companions include Hakea, Verticordia, Stylidium, mosses and lichens, so it grows among low open heath where the winter sun reaches the ground.
Lowland: the coastal plain and nearby granite country from around Perth south to about 35° S, mostly below about 300 m. GBIF labels give no elevations.
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