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Drosera montana

Drosera montana
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0

Drosera montana is a perennial carnivorous sundew from the Bolivia to Brazil region, with sticky leaves that trap insects for extra nutrients. It needs bright light, wet conditions and nutrient-poor soil.

Family
Droseraceae (Sundew family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil constantly moist, and use rainwater or distilled water since tap water can harm it.
Soil
Nutrient-poor mix such as peat and perlite or sand, with no fertilizer.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Bolivia to Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Drosera tomentosa is a species in the carnivorous plant genus Drosera that is endemic to Brazil. It was originally described in 1824 by Augustin Saint-Hilaire. In 1906, Ludwig Diels reduced the species to a variety of D. montana. Diels' taxonomic rank for the species is still supported by some.

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 tomentosa 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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