Droseraceae
Cape sundew
Drosera capensis
- Family
- Droseraceae
- Genus
- Drosera
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- ندية رأس الرجاء, نبات ندى الشمس, دروسرا كابنسس
- arz
- نديه راس الرجاء
- Azerbaijani
- Kap şehçiçəyi
- Chinese
- 好望角毛毡苔, 好望角毛氈苔, 海角茅膏菜, 南非茅膏菜, 好望角毛顫苔, 好望角茅膏菜
- Czech
- Rosnatka kapská
- Dutch
- Kaapse zonnedauw
- English
- Cape sundew
- Finnish
- Kapinkihokki
- French
- Rossolis du cap
- German
- Kap-Sonnentau
- Greek
- Δροσερά του ακρωτηρίου
- Japanese
- アフリカナガバノモウセンゴケ, アフリカナガバモウセンゴケ
- Macedonian
- Капска росилка
- Persian
- دروسرا دماغه
- Polish
- Rosiczka przylądkowa
- Russian
- Росянка капская
- Serbian
- Капска росуља
- Turkish
- Güneş gülü
- Yiddish
- טוינעץ, קאפ־זונטוי
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: NoahElhardt, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: incidencematrix, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jerome Sudre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: incidencematrix, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jerome Sudre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: incidencematrix, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: incidencematrix, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: incidencematrix, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: incidencematrix, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: incidencematrix, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: incidencematrix, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: incidencematrix, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Drosera
- Round-leaved sundewDrosera rotundifoliaDroseraceae
- Great sundewDrosera anglicaDroseraceae
- Spoonleaf sundewDrosera intermediaDroseraceae
- Tropical sundewDrosera burmanniiDroseraceae
- Drosera regiaDroseraceae
- Crescent-leaved sundewDrosera peltataDroseraceae
- Indian sundewDrosera indicaDroseraceae
- Fork-leaved sundewDrosera binataDroseraceae
- Giant sundewDrosera giganteaDroseraceae
- Drosera sessilifoliaDroseraceae
- Drosera aberransDroseraceae
- Drosera adelaeDroseraceae
Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.