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Drosera binata
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Drosera binata
A sundew from the temperate and subtropical regions of Australia and New Zealand
Growing profile
At a glance
- Plant type
- carnivorous
- Typical size
- large 30–100cm
- Light
- Bright Indirect
- Humidity
- 60–80%
Native context
Distribution and habitat
- Countries
- Australia, New Zealand
- Elevation
- Lowland (0–500 m), Submontane (500–1,000 m)
- Flowering
- Summer
Derived growing context
Climate range
- Temperature profile
- Cool → Hot
- Mean temperature
- 10–25 °C
- Day temperature
- 14–30 °C
- Night temperature
- 6–22 °C
- Summer mean
- 19–26 °C
- Winter mean
- 9–16 °C
- Temperature span
- 24 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3–17 °C
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal, Four seasons, Monsoonal / wet-dry
- Adaptability
- Adaptable
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- Australia
- New Zealand
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Ecosystems
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Habitat-specific growing context
Wet forest
Very humid forest; frequent wetness
- Latitude
- Tropical
- Moisture
- Humid
- Elevation
- Lowland, Submont
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal
- Mean temperature
- 22–25 °C
- Day temperature
- 26–29 °C
- Night temperature
- 19–22 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3 °C
Moist forest
Moderately humid forest
- Latitude
- Subtropical, Tropical
- Moisture
- Humid, Moderate
- Elevation
- Lowland, Submont
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal, Monsoonal / wet-dry
- Mean temperature
- 21–25 °C
- Day temperature
- 25–30 °C
- Night temperature
- 18–21 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3–8 °C
Temperate forest
Four-season forest zones
- Latitude
- Cool temperate, Warm temperate
- Moisture
- Humid, Moderate
- Elevation
- Lowland
- Seasonality
- Four seasons
- Mean temperature
- 10–16 °C
- Day temperature
- 14–21 °C
- Night temperature
- 6–13 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 14–17 °C
Dry forest
Seasonal dryness; drought periods common
- Latitude
- Subtropical
- Moisture
- Moderate
- Elevation
- Lowland
- Seasonality
- Monsoonal / wet-dry
- Mean temperature
- 21 °C
- Day temperature
- 26 °C
- Night temperature
- 17 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 8 °C
Seasonal context
- Very small annual temperature swing; fairly consistent through the year
- Pronounced annual temperature swing (temperate climates)
- Likely wet/dry season pattern (common in tropical/subtropical regions)
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