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Byblis filifolia

Byblis filifolia
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Denis Barthel assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0

Byblis filifolia is a small annual carnivorous sundew-like plant from northwestern and central northern Australia, trapping insects with sticky glandular leaves. Its key to growing is a bright, sunny spot with consistently moist, nutrient-poor, acidic conditions.

Family
Byblidaceae (Byblid family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil consistently moist, preferably by standing the pot in distilled or rainwater.
Soil
Nutrient-poor acidic mix such as sphagnum peat and perlite or sand; avoid fertilizer.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
NW. & CN. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Byblis filifolia is a species of plant in the Byblidaceae family. It is endemic to Australia.

Other Byblis plants

Byblis aquatica · Rainbowplant · Byblis guehoi · Byblis lamellata · Byblis liniflora · Byblis pilbarana · Byblis rorida · Rainbow Plants

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Byblis filifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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