Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Tiny

Diet

Insectivore

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

Southeast Asia

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Spines

Status

Uncommon

About

This rosette-forming plant grows in damp, nutrient-poor soil across Asia and Australia. Its spoon-shaped leaves are covered in sticky tentacles that curl inward to digest trapped insects.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Droseraceae

Genus

Drosera

Species

Drosera spatulata