Roridula dentata
A shrubby fynbos plant from the inland mountains of the Western Cape. Its resinous, sticky leaves trap insects, and Pameridea bugs digest the prey for it. Grow it in full sun in acidic sandy soil, with cool wet winters and warm dry summers, the way you would grow other Cape fynbos.
Where it grows wild
It grows in fynbos on sandstone slopes in the Clanwilliam, Tulbagh and Ceres mountains, which are hotter and drier than the coastal Cape. The shrubs grow up to about 1.5 m tall in open, fire-prone vegetation.
Few records carry an elevation. Its habitat is inland mountain fynbos, mostly at mid elevations.
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