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Drosera finlaysoniana

Drosera finlaysoniana
Photo: Margaret Donald, CC BY-SA 2.0

Drosera finlaysoniana is an annual sundew native to northern Australia, Southeast Asia and nearby islands, growing in seasonally wet or flooded ground. It needs constantly moist, sunny, nutrient-poor conditions and is best grown in a tray or pot kept wet.

Family
Droseraceae (Sundew family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil constantly wet, standing the pot in a shallow tray of rainwater or distilled water.
Soil
Nutrient-poor mix such as peat and sand, or sphagnum; no fertiliser.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Drosera finlaysoniana is a species of sundew native to Australia, Hainan, Taiwan, the Philippines and Mainland Southeast Asia. Like other members of Drosera sect. Arachnopus it is an annual.

More commonly found in the north of Australia. In southern Australian sites it has been recorded at inland areas, in eucalyptus woodlands subject to flooding. Also found in Hainan, Taiwan, the Indo-China region and the Philippines.

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 finlaysoniana 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.

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