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Drosera villosa

Drosera villosa is a perennial carnivorous sundew from south-east Brazil that traps insects on sticky, hairy leaves. It needs bright light, wet acidic soil and clean water, and it is grown as a specialist carnivorous plant.

Family
Droseraceae (Sundew family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil constantly moist and use rainwater or distilled water, never tap water with minerals.
Soil
Nutrient-poor acidic mix such as peat and perlite or sphagnum moss.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
Brazil (E. Minas Gerais)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Drosera villosa is a species of sundew native to south-east Brazil. It was originally described by Augustin Saint-Hilaire in 1826.

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 villosa 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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