Drosera capensis

Drosera capensis, commonly known as Cape sundew and in Afrikaans as the glyblom (slide flower) or the vliegvangertjie (little fly catcher), is an erect, long-leaved perennial that does not branch. The plant reaches heights up to 50 cm when in flower. The base of the stem may become slightly woody on older plants above the rhizome.

The leaf tuft in picture, emerging above a mossy ground cover, shows the hairless leaf petioles, narrow and long. The leaves are hairy, narrow and oblong. 

The flowers are pale magenta, mauve or pink, growing on a long, leafless stalk. They are about 1 cm in diameter or more, borne well above the leaves in loose clusters. They appear from late spring to midsummer.

The species distribution is in the Western Cape from the Cederberg to the west of the Eastern Cape near Kareedouw. The photo was taken in Bainskloof during October.

The habitat is damp slopes and flats, often in peaty soil and near watercourses. The species is not considered threatened in habitat early in the twenty first century (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; Bean and Johns, 2005; iNaturalist; http://redlist.sanbi.org).