This is a guide to help identify tuberous Drosera in cultivation and in the field. It can be viewed on personal computers, tablets and smart phones.
The photos are courtesy of Richard Nunn, Thilo Krueger and Boaz Ng.
Descriptions are predominantly courtesy of Allen Lowrie, Richard Nunn, Alistair Robinson, Greg Bourke and Andreas Fleischmann. 2017. Drosera of Oceana. IN: Drosera of the World, Volume 1-2. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole, Dorset, England. This work followed and used Lowrie’s treatment of Tuberous Drosera in Lowrie, A. 2014. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus. Redfern Natural History, Dorset. 3 Volumes.
Other descriptions and additional information and photos are in
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Bourke, G., Nunn, R. 2012. Australian Carnivorous Plants. Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd., Poole.
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de Salas, M.F. 2018. Drosera gunniana comb. et stat. nov., a species in the Drosera peltata (Droseraceae) complex. Muelleria 36: 97-106.
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Erickson, R. 1968. Plants of Prey in Australia. University of WA Press.
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Gibson, R.P. 2013. Drosera bulbosa subsp. coronata (Droseraceae) from the Northern Goldfields of Western Australia. Telopea 15: 99-105.
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Lowrie, A. 1987–1998. Carnivorous Plants of Australia, vol. 1–3, Nedlands, Western Australia.
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Marchant, N.G., & George, A.S. 1982. Droseraceae. Flora of Australia, Vol. 8. pp. 9–64.
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Ng, Boaz. 2022 https://www.fierceflora.com
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Salmon, B. 2001. Carnivorous Plants of New Zealand. Ecosphere Publications.
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Thilo Krueger, Alastair Robinson, Greg Bourke and Andreas Fleischmann. Small Leaves, Big Diversity: Citizen Science and Taxonomic Revision Triples Species Number in the Carnivorous Drosera microphylla Complex (D. Section Ergaleium, Droseraceae). Biology 2023, 12, 141.
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Utz, Y.-A., and Gibson, R. 2017. Drosera huegelii Endl. var. phillmanniana from the Stirling Range, south western Australia. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 46: 132-138. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn464.yu715
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Drosera peltata Species Complex — overview of the taxonomic history of the Drosera peltata Species Complex.
Note: If you are seeing three species images across and want the images larger, it may help to make the window narrower until the display changes to two images across.
This guide was produced by and is maintained by John Brittnacher.
Released October 2025.
International Carnivorous Plant Society
