General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: under 6 inches (15 cm)
Plant Spread: 3-6 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Terrariums
Bog gardening
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Needs specific temperature: 78 degrees F.
Days to germinate
Depth to plant seed: On surface of milled spagnum moss. Do not cover.
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Seeds are dustlike. Need constant moisture to germinate. Cover pot with plastic or lid to retain moisture. Stand tray in water.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Leaf
Division
Other: Take leaf cuttings in early summer. Cut as close to base of plant as possible. Root in water in indirect sunlight, then pot into milled spagnum moss. Plant divisions should be taken late spring or early summer. Offshoots are often found near the base
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Miscellaneous: Carnivorous
Endangered: If collecting in wild, check for endangered or protected status in your area.

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Common names
  • Sundew
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Drosera spatulata
  • Synonym: Drosera tokaiensis
  • Synonym: Drosera spatulata subsp. lovellae

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Location: Fairfax, VA | September, 2023
Date: 2023-09-23
Location: Clarksville, TN
Date: 2022-11-01
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2016-03-11
Location: Clarksville, TN
Date: 2022-11-01
Photo by sedumzz
Location: Used with permission from John's Carnivorous Plants. Plants for sale: https://johnscarnivorousplants.com/
Location: Used with permission from John's Carnivorous Plants. Plants for sale: https://johnscarnivorousplants.com/
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Date: 2015-03-29
Photo by sedumzz
Photo by sedumzz
Location: Fairfax, VA | October 2022
Date: 2022-10-09

Drosera Spatulata grown indoors from seed.

Drosera Spatulata Flower.  Self-pollinating flowers bloom one at
Location: Wilmington, Delaware USA
Location: Used with permission from Carnivorous Greenhouse. Plants for sale: https://carnivorousgreenhouse.com/
Location: North Carolina (Triad), US
Date: 2018-05-31
D. Spatulata and a Venus Flytrap
Photo by ljones26
Location: Used with permission from John's Carnivorous Plants. Plants for sale: https://johnscarnivorousplants.com/
Location: United States Botanical Garden | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-26
Location: Used with permission from Carnivorous Greenhouse. Plants for sale: https://carnivorousgreenhouse.com/
Location: Illinois State University Horticulture Center, Normal, IL
Date: 2012-09-17
Taken at an Illinois State University Hortiuculture Center event
Location: 2012 Philadelphia Flower Show
Date: 2012-03-06
terrarium colony

Close up view of seed pods and seeds.  To the naked eye, the seed
Photo by Kjnorris918
Location: Fairfax, VA | September 2022
Date: 2022-09-03
Location: Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Photo by ljones26
Comments:
  • Posted by BookerC1 (Mackinaw, IL - Zone 5a) on Aug 25, 2014 4:01 PM concerning plant:
    Sundews are one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with nearly 200 species, and a range that includes every continent except Antarctica. The plant displays long tentacle-like stalks, which have a threefold purpose, of luring, trapping, and digesting its prey. The stalks produce a sticky substance that attracts insects. The insects become trapped in the mucous-y substance and die of either exhaustion or asphyxiation. The sticky substance also dissolves the insect, making the nutrients available to the plant.
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