[2] (Drosera species generally can be found in most continents, but the vast majority grow in the Southern Hemisphere, especially in Southwestern Australia, Africa, and South America).

[3] The flower head of the Drosera peruensis plant is red in color, measures 10 to 18 centimeters long, and has thread-like trichomes.

[4] The species is found in t Yanachaga) of Peru where it grows in scrub land on white sandstone, covered by shrubs and associated peat moss.

[2] The Drosera could be considered the 'master of sticky fly paper' because it relies on glandular hairs to trap its prey, then rolls up the edges of the leaf to consume it.

This mechanism is comparable to those of other carnivorous plants such as the Venus flytrap (Dionaea), though the entrapment occurs at a relatively slower rate, and the movement of the enfolding leaves differs.

[5] The digestive fluids work on breaking down the fleshy internal part of the prey into a “nutrient soup” which is then absorbed by the plant.

[6] The main characteristics used to describe the taxonomy of Drosera species include traits such as the shape of the leaf, the style number, morphology, and the presence or absence of stipules, or specialized organs (i.e. tubers or gemmae).

Over many years, new Drosera species have been identified by examining characteristics including chromosome numbers, pollen morphology, secondary compounds, and seed germination types.

[1] Similar to other species, Drosera peruensis contains medicinally-active compounds that are found in other sundews.