The following list of Drosera species includes all species and nothospecies (named naturally occurring hybrids) within the genus Drosera (sundews) that are accepted as of October 2024. This list contains species and nothospecies.
Species Authority Year Vernacular name Distribution Image Drosera aberrans (Lowrie & Carlquist) Lowrie & Conran 2008 Drosera acaulis L.f. 1781 Stemless sundew South Africa Drosera adelae F.Muell. 1864 Adelaide sundew, lance-leaved sundew Drosera admirabilis Debbert 1987 South Africa Drosera affinis Welw. ex Oliv. 1871 African tropics Drosera alba Phillips 1913 South Africa Drosera albonotata A.S.Rob., A.T.Cross, Meisterl & A.Fleischm. 2018 Australia (Western Australia) Drosera aliciae Raym.-Hamet 1905 Alice sundew South Africa Drosera allantostigma (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran 2007 Drosera amazonica Rivadavia, A.Fleischm. & Vicent. 2009 Brazil Drosera andersoniana W.Fitzg. ex Ewart & Jean White 1909 Sturdy sundew Drosera androsacea Diels 1904 Cone sundew Drosera anglica Huds. 1778 English sundew, great sundew circumboreal North America, Europe, and Asia Drosera aquatica Lowrie 1834 Australia (Western Australia) Drosera arachnoides Rakotoar. & A.Fleischm. 2020 Madagascar Drosera arcturi Hook. 1834 Drosera arenicola Steyerm. 1952 Venezuela Drosera ascendens A.St.-Hil. 1826 Brazil Drosera atrata T.Krueger, A.Fleischm. & Bourke 2023 Australia (Western Australia) Drosera atrostyla Debbert 1991 South Africa (Cape Provinces) Drosera aurantiaca Lowrie 2013 Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory) Drosera auriculata Backh. ex Planch. 1848 Australia and New Zealand Drosera australis (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran 2013 Australia Drosera × badgerupii Cheek 1993 Australia Drosera × badgingarra Lowrie & Conran 2013 Australia Drosera banksii R.Br. ex DC. 1824 Banks' sundew Australia and New Guinea Drosera barbigera Planch. 1848 Australia Drosera barrettiorum Lowrie 2013 Australia Drosera basifolia (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie 2013 Australia Drosera bequaertii Taton 1945 Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Drosera bicolor Lowrie & Carlquist 1992 Australia Drosera biflora Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. 1820 Venezuela Drosera binata Labill. 1804 Fork-leaved sundew Australia and New Zealand Drosera bindoon Lowrie 2013 Australia Drosera × bockowskii Scholl 2022 US (Florida) Drosera brevicornis Lowrie 1996 Australia Drosera brevifolia Pursh 1814 Dwarf sundew, small sundew, red sundew North America, Central America, and South America Drosera broomensis Lowrie 1996 Australia Drosera browniana Lowrie & N.G.Marchant 1992 Australia Drosera bulbigena Morrison 1903 Midget sundew Australia Drosera bulbosa Hook. 1841 Red-leaved sundew Australia Drosera burkeana Planch. 1848 African tropics Drosera burmanni Vahl 1794 Tropical sundew Australia and Southeast Asia Drosera buubugujin Michael T. Mathieson 2020 Australia Drosera caduca Lowrie 1996 Australia Drosera × californica Cheek 1993 US Drosera callistos N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia Drosera calycina Planch. 1848 Australia Drosera camporupestris Rivadavia 2003 Brazil Drosera capensis L. 1753 Cape sundew South Africa Drosera capillaris Poir. 1804 Pink sundew, spathulate-leaved sundew North America, Central America, and South America Drosera × carbarup Lowrie & Conran 2013 Australia Drosera cayennensis Sagot ex Diels 1906 Brazil, French Guiana, and Venezuela Drosera cendeensis Tamayo & Croizat 1949 Venezuela Drosera chimaera Gonella & Rivadavia 2014 Brazil Drosera chrysolepis Taub. 1893 Brazil and Peru Drosera cistiflora L. 1760 South Africa Drosera citrina Lowrie & Carlquist 1992 Australia Drosera closterostigma N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia Drosera coalara Lowrie & Conran 2013 Australia Drosera coccipetala Debbert 2002 South Africa Drosera collina (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie 2013 Australia Drosera collinsiae N.E.Br. ex Burtt Davy 1924 South Africa Drosera communis A.St.-Hil. 1824 Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and Venezuela Drosera condor P. Gonella, A. Fleischmann, F. Rivadavia, D. Neill, & P. Sano 2016 Peru and Ecuador Drosera coomallo Lowrie & Conran 2013 Australia Drosera × corinthiaca R.A.Gibson & E.Green 1999 South Africa Drosera cucullata Lowrie 2013 Australia Drosera cuneifolia L.f. 1781 South Africa Drosera curvipes Planch. 1848 South Africa, Eswatini Drosera darwinensis Lowrie 1996 Australia Drosera depauperata Lowrie & Conran 2013 Australia Drosera derbyensis Lowrie 1996 Australia Drosera dichrosepala Turcz. 1854 Rusty sundew Australia Drosera dielsiana Exell & J.R.Laundon 1956 Southern Africa Drosera dilatatopetiolaris K.Kondo 1984 Australia Drosera drummondii Planch. 1848 Australia Drosera echinoblastus N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia Drosera × eloisiana T.S.Bailey 2015 Europe, North America Drosera elongata Exell & J.R.Laundon 1955 Angola Drosera eneabba N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia Drosera enodes N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia Drosera eremaea (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran 2013 Australia Drosera ericgreenii A.Fleischm., R.P.Gibson & Rivadavia 2008 South Africa Drosera erythrogyne N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia Drosera erythrorhiza Lindl. 1839 Red ink sundew Australia Drosera esmeraldae (Steyerm.) Maguire & Wurdack 1957 Colombia, Venezuela Drosera esperensis Lowrie 2013 Australia Drosera esterhuyseniae (Salter) Debbert 1991 South Africa Drosera falconeri Tsang ex K.Kondo 1984 Australia Drosera felix Steyerm. & L.B.Sm. 1974 Venezuela Drosera filiformis Raf. 1808 Thread-leaved sundew North America Drosera fimbriata DeBuhr 1975 Manypeaks sundew Australia Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. 1837 Australia Drosera flexicaulis Welw. ex Oliv. 1871 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola Drosera × fontinalis Rivadavia 2009 Brazil Drosera fragrans Lowrie 2013 Australia Drosera fulva Planch. 1848 Australia Drosera geniculata (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie 2013 Australia Drosera gibsonii P.Mann 2007 Australia Drosera gigantea Lindl. 1839 Giant sundew Australia Drosera glabripes (Harv. ex Planch.) Stein 1886 South Africa Drosera glabriscapa Lowrie 2013 Australia Drosera glanduligera Lehm. 1844 Pimpernel sundew Australia Drosera gracilis Hook.f. ex Planch. 1848 New Guinea, Australia Drosera graminifolia A.St.-Hil. 1824 Brazil Drosera graniticola N.G.Marchant 1982 Australia Drosera grantsaui Rivadavia 2003 Brazil Drosera graomogolensis T.R.S.Silva 1997 Brazil Drosera grievei Lowrie & N.G.Marchant 1992 Australia Drosera gunniana (Planch.) de Salas 2018 Australia Drosera hamiltonii C.R.P.Andrews 1903 Rosy sundew Australia Drosera hartmeyerorum Schlauer 2001 Australia Drosera helodes N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia Drosera heterophylla Lindl. 1839 Swamp rainbow Australia Drosera hilaris Cham. & Schltdl. 1826 South Africa Drosera hirsuta Lowrie & Conran 2013 Australia Drosera hirtella A.St.-Hil. 1824 Brazil Drosera hirticalyx R.Duno & Culham 1995 Venezuela Drosera hookeri R.P.Gibson, B.J.Conn & Conran 2010 Australia Drosera hortiorum T.Krueger & Bourke 2023 Australia Drosera huegelii Endl. 1837 Bold sundew Australia Drosera humbertii Exell & J.R.Laundon 1956 Madagascar Drosera humilis Planch. 1848 Australia Drosera × hybrida Macfarl. 1899 USA Drosera hyperostigma N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia Drosera indica L. 1753 Indian sundew Tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia Drosera indumenta Lowrie & Conran 2013 Australia Drosera intermedia Hayne 1800 Oblong-leaved sundew, spoonleaf sundew temperate Europe, North America, South America Drosera intricata Planch. 1848 Australia Drosera kaieteurensis Brumm.-Ding. 1955 Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela Drosera katangensis Taton 1945 Democratic Republic of the Congo Drosera kenneallyi Lowrie 1996 Australia Drosera koikyennuruff T.Krueger & A.S.Rob. 2023 Australia Drosera lanata K.Kondo 1984 Australia Drosera lasiantha Lowrie & Carlquist 1992 Australia Drosera latifolia (Eichler) Gonella & Rivadavia 2014 Brazil Drosera × legrandii Lowrie & Conran 2013 Australia Drosera leioblastus N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia Drosera leucoblasta Benth. 1864 Wheel sundew Australia Drosera leucostigma (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran 2007 Australia Drosera linearis Goldie 1822 Slenderleaf sundew North America Drosera × linglica Kusak. ex R.Gauthier & Gervai 1999 North America Drosera lowriei N.G.Marchant 1992 Australia Drosera lunata Buch.-Ham. ex DC. 1824 Asia, Australia Drosera lutescens (A.St.-Hil.) Gonella, Rivadavia & A.Fleischm. 2022 Bolivia, Brazil Drosera maanyaa-gooljoo A.Fleischm. & T.Krueger 2023 Australia Drosera macrantha Endl. 1837 Bridal rainbow Australia Drosera macropetala (Diels) T.Krueger & A.Fleischm. 2023 Australia Drosera macrophylla Lindl. 1839 Showy sundew Australia Drosera madagascariensis DC. 1824 Africa Drosera magna (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie 2013 Australia Drosera magnifica 2015 Brazil Drosera major (Diels) Lowrie 2013 Australia Drosera mannii Cheek 1990 Australia Drosera marchantii DeBuhr 1975 Australia Drosera margaritacea T.Krueger & A.Fleischm. 2021 Australia Drosera menziesii R.Br. ex DC. 1824 Pink rainbow Australia Drosera meristocaulis Maguire & Wurdack 1957 Venezuela Drosera micra Lowrie & Conran 2013 Australia Drosera micrantha Lehm. 1844 Australia Drosera microphylla Endl. 1837 Golden rainbow Australia Drosera microscapa Debbert 1992 Australia Drosera miniata Diels 1904 Orange sundew Australia Drosera minutiflora Planch. 1848 Australia Drosera modesta Diels 1904 Modest rainbow Australia Drosera monantha (Lowrie & Carlquist) Lowrie 2013 Australia Drosera montana A.St.-Hil. 1824 Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela Drosera monticola (Lowrie & N.G.Marchant) Lowrie 1992 Australia Drosera moorei (Diels) Lowrie 1999 Australia Drosera murfetii (Lowrie) Lowrie 2014 Australia Drosera myriantha Planch. 1848 Star rainbow, starry sundew Australia Drosera nana Lowrie 2013 Australia Drosera natalensis Diels 1906 Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa Drosera neesii Lehm. 1844 Jewel rainbow Australia Drosera neocaledonica Raym.-Hamet 1906 New Caledonia Drosera nidiformis Debbert 1991 South Africa Drosera nitidula Planch. 1848 Shining sundew Australia Drosera nivea Lowrie & Carlquist 1992 Australia Drosera oblanceolata Y.Z.Ruan 1981 China Drosera × obovata Mert. & W.D.J.Koch 1826 Northern Hemisphere Drosera occidentalis Morrison 1912 Western sundew Australia Drosera omissa Diels 1906 Bright sundew Australia Drosera orbiculata N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia Drosera ordensis Lowrie 1994 Australia Drosera oreopodion N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia Drosera paleacea DC. 1824 Dwarf sundew Australia Drosera pallida Lindl. 1839 Pale rainbow Australia Drosera paradoxa Lowrie 1997 Australia Drosera patens Lowrie & Conran 2007 Australia Drosera pauciflora Banks ex DC. 1824 South Africa Drosera pedicellaris Lowrie 2002 Australia Drosera peltata Thunb. 1797 Shield sundew, pale sundew Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia Drosera peruensis T.R.S.Silva & M.D.Correa 2002 Peru Drosera petiolaris R.Br. ex DC. 1824 Larmi Australia, New Guinea Drosera pilosa Exell & Laundon 1956 Cameroon, Guinea, Kenya, Tanzania Drosera × pingellyensis Lowrie & Conran 2013 Australia Drosera planchonii Hook.f ex.Planch. 1848 Climbing sundew Australia Drosera platypoda Turcz. 1854 Fan-leaved sundew Australia Drosera platystigma Lehm. 1844 Black-eyed sundew Australia Drosera porrecta Lehm. 1844 Australia Drosera praefolia Tepper 1892 Australia Drosera prolifera C.T.White 1940 Australia Drosera prophylla (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie 2013 Australia Drosera prostrata (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie 2005 Australia Drosera prostratoscaposa Lowrie & Carlquist 1990 Australia Drosera pulchella Lehm. 1844 Pretty sundew Australia Drosera purpurascens Schlotth. 1856 Australia Drosera pycnoblasta Diels 1904 Pearly sundew Australia Drosera pygmaea DC. 1824 Australia, New Zealand Drosera quartzicola Rivadavia & Gonella 2011 Brazil Drosera radicans N.G.Marchant 1982 Australia Drosera ramellosa Lehm. 1844 Bra