Drosera ascendens

Drosera ascendens is a perennial, rosette-forming carnivorous plant in the family Droseraceae. First described in 1826 by Augustin Saint-Hilaire, it is endemic to southeastern Brazil where it grows in campos rupestres montane grassland habitat.^[1][2]

Drosera ascendens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Droseraceae
Genus:	Drosera
Subgenus:	Drosera subg. Drosera
Section:	Drosera sect. Drosera
Species:	D. ascendens
Binomial name
Drosera ascendens A.St.-Hil.

Description

The plant forms a rosette with a short, upright stem. The leaves are reddish and semi-erect.^[2]