Drosera pygmaea

Drosera pygmaea is a carnivorous, rosette-forming biennial or annual species of herb native to Australia and New Zealand.^[1] The specific epithet, which translates as "dwarf" from Latin, is a reference to the very small size of this plant, which grows to between 8 and 18 mm in diameter.^[1] Small, pale flowers are produced at the ends of 1- to 3-inch stems. It is perhaps the most well-known of the pygmy sundews.^[2] Within New Zealand D. pygmaea is found in a wide range of habitats from coastal to subalpine, it requires open ground as it is easily outcompeted from taller species. ^[3]

Range of D. pygmaea in Australia in the wild.

D. pygmaea in a greenhouse.

Drosera pygmaea
Early summer growth of Drosera pygmaea at the Peter Murrell Reserve, near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Droseraceae
Genus:	Drosera
Subgenus:	Drosera subg. Ergaleium
Section:	Drosera sect. Bryastrum Planch.
Species:	D. pygmaea
Binomial name
Drosera pygmaea DC. (1824)
Synonyms
Drosera pusilla auct. non H.B.K.: R.Br. ex Hook.f. (1840) Drosera pygmaea auct. non DC.: Lehm. (1845) [=D. paleacea]

Drosera pygmaea growing in the Grampians National Park, near Stawell, Victoria, Australia.