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Red Leaved Sundew

Drosera bulbosa

Red Leaved Sundew
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Droseraceae (Sundew family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Drosera bulbosa, the red-leaved sundew, is a perennial tuberous species in the genus Drosera that is endemic to Western Australia. It grows in a rosette and produces white flowers which emerge from April to June. D. bulbosa was first formally described by William Jackson Hooker in 1841.

Other Drosera plants

Scented Sundew · Drosera acaulis · Drosera adelae · Peninsula Sundew · Slender Leaved Sundew · White Sundew · Drosera albonotata · Australian sundew · Pygmy Sundew · Drosera amazonica · Drosera andersoniana · Drosera androsacea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Drosera bulbosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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