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Drosera zeyheri
Also called Poppy Flowered Sundew, Roseflower Sundew
Drosera zeyheri, the Leafy Sundew, is a small annual carnivorous plant from the Cape Provinces of South Africa, sometimes treated as a form of D. cistiflora. Grow it as a short-lived sun-loving sundew in wet, acidic, low-nutrient conditions, sowing seed each year.
Drosera zeyheri is a species in the carnivorous plant genus Drosera that is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. Some botanists treat this species to be a form of D. cistiflora. It differs from typical D. cistiflora specimens by being smaller, sometimes having cauline leaves on the short stems with white, pink, or red flowers. Botanist Fernando Rivadavia has said that he believes of all the forms and varieties in the D. cistiflora complex, D. zeyheri could possibly merit distinction at the species rank. He found it easy to distinguish it from D. cistiflora by its mostly stemless habit, though it often does present one to three leaves on the flower scape. Drosera zeyheri was first described by Terence Macleane Salter in a 1940 volume of the Journal of South African Botany.
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
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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.
