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Drosera meristocaulis is a small perennial sundew, the only member of its subgenus, known only from high, wet bogs and streams on Pico da Neblina on the Brazil-Venezuela border. It needs constantly wet, acidic conditions with bright light to grow well.
Drosera meristocaulis is a perennial species in the carnivorous plant genus Drosera, the only member of the subgenus Meristocaulis. It is a small, rosette- and branched stem-forming sundew that has many morphological affinities to the Australian pygmy sundews. D. meristocaulis is wholly endemic to Pico da Neblina, an isolated mountain on the Brazil-Venezuela border.
Drosera meristocaulis is known only from a few valleys on the northern side of Pico da Neblina. It has not yet been located on any other neighboring plateau of the Guiana Highlands, despite the presence of suitable habitat. According to the notes of the explorers who collected specimens, D. meristocaulis is locally frequent at altitudes from 1,900 to 2,200 m (6,200 to 7,200 ft). It grows in open bogs savannas, in swamps with Heliamphora neblinae, and along streams with Euterpe. Specimens collected from near the summit of Pico da Neblina are often found with lichens growing on the dead leaves still attached to the stem.
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 meristocaulis 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.
