Drosera aliciae glandular hairs and glandular dots

There are both sticky, red, glandular hairs that can grab and hold insects on these Drosera aliciae leaves, as well as dark surface dots that are the sessile digestive glands embedded directly in the leaf surface. These stalkless, “backup” plant feeding glands constitute the plant’s secondary digestive system. The glands secrete enzymes that absorb digested nutrients, working with the glandular hairs in the feeding process.

They may remain visible even when the leaves are dry and not feeding (Euston-Brown and Kruger, 2023; Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; iNaturalist; https://link.springer.com; https://cpn.carnivorousplants.org).