Early Sundew
Drosera praefolia
Family Droseraceae
Rare — SA: Rare
About
Drosera praefolia is a perennial tuberous species in the genus Drosera that is endemic to South Australia. It grows in a rosette 4 to 6 cm in diameter with green or sometimes red leaves. It is native to south-east South Australia from the southern Fleurieu Peninsula south to Kangaroo Island. It grows in lateritic clay-sand, loam, or decomposed shale soils in open woodland. It flowers from April to May.
How to spot it
Real occurrence confirmed near Deep Creek National Park (Atlas of Living Australia, 1991) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Deep Creek National Park — Adelaide, the Hills & Fleurieu Peninsula hikes