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Drosera indica L., Sp. Pl. 282 1753. (Syn: Drosera angustifolia F.Muell.; Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Stein; Drosera hexagynia Blanco; Drosera indica f. albiflora Makino; Drosera indica var. albiflora (Makino) Makino; Drosera indica f. robusta F.M.Bailey; Drosera makinoi Masam.; Drosera metziana Gand.; Drosera minor Schumach. & Thonn.; Drosera serpens Planch.);
. DROSS-er-uh or dro-SER-uh — from the Greek droseros (dewy) … Dave’s Botanary IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh — of or from India … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: dew plant, flycatcher, Indian sundew, sundew • Marathi: गवती दवबिंदू gawati davbindu . Native to: India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, tropical Africa, Madagascar, Japan, Australia, China and Malesia . These insectivorous plants grow only on sandy ground depleted with nutrients. The usual plants do not grow along with them. This makes these insect eating plants (their sparkling droplets) stand out for attracting the insect prey .      20110820 Drosera spp from Parambikulam Tiger Reserve: These Drosera spp were noticed on the way to Karian shola in Parambikulam Tiger Reserve on 20.08.2011. Requesting id. Drosera indica L.of Droseraceae family. May be this flower close up would be helpful for more details. Since, it was found in western ghat I was thinking it could be D. peltata.    This is a very nice picture of Drosera indica wikipedia says its an insectivorous plant… i am bewildered…
Trapped by Drosera indica:
Name of the species: Drosera indica
Place of collection: Mahendragiri hills, Gajapati, South Orissa
Altitude: 4000 ft above msl.
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Grasslands Great find. Plant with so many flowers at a time… I wl invite u once to come to Mahendragiri for Orchid collection (Still unexplored when u come back to India. Oh, I would love to!!! I have never been to Orissa for orchid survey, except on the borders, in Saranda where I walked across the border in the extreme naxallite zone. Was scared of naxallite and elephants both….. but survived and came back.
The prey & the predator: . Kaas week : Drosera indica:
KAS Week:DS_011012_01 Drosera indica:
After returning from Valley of Flowers in August I had to stay in Mumbai till now. And because of that i got a chance to visit the famous KAS plateau in Maharastra on Sept 22nd. This is completely different from VOF, both in habitat and flower varieties. The flowers I got are mostly new to me also. Here is the famous insectivorous plant Drosera, though at the time of our visit flowers were not there. May be a week later it will appear. Flowers were appearing ..but perhaps we were not on right time….even I also missed the flower in my 4 outings Few years back I had seen this plant flowering in October. Will share the photographs shortly. Nice one … Other than Kas where these plants are found? Yes …, Drosera burmannii is also reported from Kaas. But at the location where it was observed till last year has gone under fencing and hence no sighting of that species this year 🙁 i had seen Drosera indica at many places other than Kas. Khandala- Dukes nose region, Bhimashankar, other similar plateau in Satara region etc. seems nothing is growing within inches of this plant. can botanists tell me why? These insectivorous plants grow only on sandy ground depleted with nutrients. The usual plants do not grow along with them. This makes these insect eating plants (their sparkling droplets) stand out for attracting the insect prey. ..and though not in this case, but photographers sometimes clean up the surroundings to make their images stand out.
Kas Week :: DV :: 19 OCT 07 – 1111 :: Drosera indica: 19 OCT 07
Drosera indica L. … (family: Droseraceae) DROSS-er-uh or dro-SER-uh — from the Greek droseros (dewy) … Dave’s Botanary
IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh — of or from India … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: dew plant, flycatcher, Indian sundew, sundew • Marathi: गवती दवबिंदू gawati davbindu Native to: India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, tropical Africa, Madagascar, Japan, Australia, China and Malesia References: Flowers of India • Ethnobotanical Leaflets • Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
I was lucky to get a pictures of it with an insect caught in its tentacles on its leaf.
Kas week : Drosera indica SMP:
Kaas week : Drosera indica: Another very sharp picture
Drosera indica In Thane ,Maharashtra : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. while searching flowers in grassland of Mumbra hills, Thane, Maharashtra i found this beauty
TSPOCT2015-46: Images of Drosera indica (Droseraceae) shared. : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
It is my pleasure to share few images of Drosera indica (Droseraceae)
Habit: insectivorous herb
Habitat: Amidst moist rock crevices.
Sighting: Kesarmadu, Tumkur, Karnataka about 800 msl
Date:12-07-2015 and 23-07-2015. the sticky dew is dewly seen. what a delight to see these pictures
Drosera : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)
It should be Drosera indica L. as per images herein.  Drocera indica from Payangadi, Kannur Kerala : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
Drocera indica from Payangadi, Kannur Kerala along with Utricularia, Lindernia, Eriocaulon etc.                  
Insectivorous plants – efloraofindia | Google Groups . Drosera indica
This was captured near Devgad, coastal Kokan, MH in Aug 2021.
It was found flowering on a lateritic rock. . 353 ID wild plant (carnivorous?): 10 very high res. images. Drosera indica L. Yes, it is Drosera indica, dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant, I am happy to share flower images from the same location, might be closed around 02pm,
Flower date: 23SEP2022, 12.55pm
4 high res. images. . References:
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