Range: southwestern Australia, formerly Lake Jandabup and adjacent north end of Perth

 

This plant is a natural hybrid between D. patens x micra, misnamed for a lake that it never actually occurred at due to a purposeful horticultural mislabeling of origin. Plants have been driven to extinction in their type locality and are currently threatened in the suburban remnants they still grow at, in peaty soils on wetland margins. This hybrid grows to just under 2 cm in diameter, with a relatively flat rosette of slender paddle-shaped leaves. Petioles are very thin, linear, and flat, completely glabrous, and attach to nearly perfectly round lamina. Coloration ranges from bright green with red-tinted tentacles to sporting completely scarlet lamina that blush into the petiole as well. Inflorescences rarely exceed 2.5 cm in height with sparse glands along the length, and nearly always bear only a single flower each. Flowers are usually less than 1 cm in diameter, with 4 (occasionally 5) obovate white petals and blood-red, tapered stigmas. This hybrid can be distinguished from all other pygmy sundews by its standard of singular-flowered stalks and red stigmas.

 

Cultivation: grow in a soil mix of 1:1 or 2:1 sand/peat soil, kept moderately moist year round with winter temperatures of 50-70°F; summer can be warmer but drying should be avoided to deter dormancy. Sow gemmae on soil surface, and grow in strong artificial light to full sun.

 

Lifespan and reproduction: short-lived perennial. Reproduces via gemmae only, possibly by leaf pullings.

 

Sources: Lowrie et al. (2017). Drosera of the World Vol. 2. Redfern Natural History Publications.

https://www.carnivorousplants.org/cp/taxonomy/pygmyDrosera/pg5