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Drosera erythrogyne

Drosera erythrogyne
Photo: Em Lamond, CC BY 4.0

Drosera erythrogyne is a scrambling, climbing tuberous perennial sundew from south-west Western Australia, growing in peaty swamps and near granite outcrops. It needs wet, acidic, nutrient-poor conditions and is difficult to keep outside its native habitat.

Family
Droseraceae (Sundew family)
Grows as
Climber, Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil constantly moist and stand the pot in water or use rainwater.
Soil
Peat-sand or peat-based mix with low nutrients, similar to carnivorous plant compost.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect from frost and extreme heat
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Drosera erythrogyne is a scrambling or climbing perennial tuberous species in the genus Drosera that is endemic to Western Australia. It grows in soils that are peat-sand to loam and occurs in an area along the southern Western Australian coast west of Albany in swamps or near granite outcrops. It produces small leaves along a long, scrambling stem that can grow to 2–3 m (7–10 ft) long. White flowers emerge from August to October.

D. erythrogyne was first described and named by N. G. Marchant and Allen Lowrie in 1992.

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 erythrogyne 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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