About
*Drosera prostratoscaposa* is a perennial tuberous species notable for its rosette growth habit and its distinctive scapes bearing multiple jasmine-scented flowers and petiolate leaves.
Field notes
Morphology
It grows in a rosette about 8 cm in diameter.
Distribution & habitat
Endemic to a small area in the Fitzgerald River National Park, Western Australia, located 40 km south-east of the South Coast Highway in between Albany and Esperance.
History & etymology
First discovered in 1989 by Phill Mann and formally described in 1990 by Allen Lowrie and Sherwin Carlquist.
Conservation
Assessed as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List.
Habitat
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- Native To
- Australia
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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