Drosera Hilaris - Indigenous South African Carnivorous Plant - 10 Seeds Parsley

Drosera Hilaris - Indigenous South African Carnivorous Plant - 10 Seeds ParsleyDrosera is a genus in the Droseraceae family of carnivorous plants. Members of this family lure, capture and digest insects to supplement the poor mineral nutrition they obtain from their native soils. They are known as sundews because their glandular leaf hairs glisten like dew in the sun. Flowers are held far above the leaves on a long stem. They open in response to sun. With an erect unbranched stem this sundew variety features reddish to purple

but there are two species from the Cape Province of South Africa that are winter growing

and salads

Sow seed uncovered and exposed to light

It is widely planted in parks and on roadsides there because of its beautiful red flowers which bloom in March/April

also known as the mint family

bright yellow flowers in Summer

native to southwest South Africa

Each flower has six narrow tepals

When the sunbirds sit to drink the nectar

Boutonniere flower

grey-pinkish slash

tasty flesh that resists pithiness