Sundews - natives (Drosera)

Family: Droseraceae (Sundew family).

Sundews are herbs with sticky, glandular hairs. The sticky hairs trap insects which are digested by the plant - a strategy for growth in poor infertile soils.

Name. Drosera: dewy, referring to the sticky hairs.

Tall Sundew (D. auriculata) Basal leaves absent, sepals hairless. Erect. Common.

Pale Sundew (D. peltata) Basal leaves present, sepals hairy. Erect. Moderately common.

Climbing Sundew (D. macrantha) Climbing, stems weak, not erect. Moderately common.

Scented Sundew (D. aberrans) Basal leaves present. Flowers close to basal leaves. Common.

Scarlet Sundew (D. glandiligera) Flower stalk short. Flowers scarlet. Uncommon.