Cape sundew
Drosera capensis L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- —
- wide
- 13 cm
Droseraceae
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Cape Prov.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Spread
- 10 cm to 15 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, pink, purpleRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: height, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (11)
- Arabic
- نبات ندى الشمس
- Azerbaijani
- Kap şehçiçəyi
- Czech
- rosnatka kapská
- German
- Kap-Sonnentau
- Finnish
- Kapinkihokki
- French
- Rossolis du cap
- Japanese
- アフリカナガバモウセンゴケ
- Dutch
- Kaapse zonnedauw
- Polish
- Rosiczka przylądkowa
- Russian
- Росянка капская
- Chinese
- 好望角毛毡苔, 好望角毛氈苔, 海角茅膏菜
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Drosera capensis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.