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Drosera prostratoscaposa

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About

*Drosera prostratoscaposa* is a perennial tuberous species notable for its rosette growth habit and its distinctive scapes bearing multiple jasmine-scented flowers and petiolate leaves.

Field notes

Morphology

It grows in a rosette about 8 cm in diameter.

Distribution & habitat

Endemic to a small area in the Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia, located 40 km south-east of the South Coast Highway in between Albany and Esperance.

History & etymology

First discovered in 1989 by Phill Mann and formally described in 1990 by Allen Lowrie and Sherwin Carlquist.

Conservation

Assessed as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List.

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Habitat

Altitude
Not recorded
Altitude class
—
Native to
Australia

Cultivation

Difficulty
intermediate
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