Sundew - a profile
- Botanical name: Drosera
- Family: Sundew family (Droseraceae)
- Special feature: carnivorous plant (carnivores)
- Occurrence: worldwide
- Kinds: more than 200 kinds
- Growth habit: rosettes, upright or climbing
- Annual / perennial: mostly perennial
- Age: some species up to 50 years
- Height: 1 cm to 300 cm
- Leaves: very different, with and without stalk
- Flowers: very long flower stalks, self-fertilizing
- Flower colors: white, pink, orange, purple,
- Flowering time: depending on the species, very short flowering time
- Tentacles: glands with drops of sticky secretion
- Propagation: seeds, leaf cuttings, root division
- Winter hardiness: native species hardy
- Use: Ornamental plant in bog beds, flower windows, terrariums
- Use as a medicinal plant: for coughs and lung diseases, tissue cultivation.
Protected sundew species native to Germany
Sundew is one of the endangered in Germany species. So you are not allowed to dig up, pick or cut the plant in the wild.
also read
- The heyday of sundew (Drosera)
- Propagate sundew (Drosera) - this is how propagation works!
- Is sundew hardy or does it have to be overwintered?
There are three native species of sundew in Germany:
- D. anglica (long-leaved sundew)
- D. rotundifolia (round-leaved sundew)
- D. intermedia (mean sundew)
Does Drosera have to be fed?
Like all carnivorous plants, the sundew does not need to be fed. There are usually enough insects that the plant can catch on its own. If there is no carnal food available, Drosera supplies itself with nutrients via the roots and leaves.
If you use your sundew for illustrative purposes feed want to give a maximum of one animal that is still alive. Never feed dead insects, as they may rot.
Sundew as a medicinal plant
Sundew has been used as a medicinal plant for centuries. It is used primarily for diseases of the respiratory tract. Sundew is given as a tea or tincture.
The sticky secretions are used in biomedicine for tissue cultivation.
Since sundew is under nature protection, only cultivated plants or Drosera plants from other regions are used for the production of natural medicine.
Tips
the Care of sundew is less expensive than many plant lovers think. Above all, it is important that special carnivore substrates are used instead of soil. Only water Drosera with rainwater or distilled water.