Stalked glands on its leaves, which secrete sticky mucilage at the tips, are used to capture and hold insect prey, from which the plant derives the nutrients it cannot obtain in sufficient quantity from the soil.

[2] "The rbcL tree shows that the South American species arose by dispersal from Australia.

[3] But unlike most of the genus, it prefers to have its roots in water, and can be found in bogs, moorlands, or otherwise watery areas which lack in organic nitrogen and phosphorus, nutrients it receives from insects it captures and digests.

[3][4][5] In Chile it grows in the mountains near the ocean between the altitudes of 500 and 2000 meters; typically on the north facing slopes or level areas as it likes a lot of sun.

[5] In addition to the Falkland Islands, it has been found in Tierra del Fuego and the northern edge of the Patagonia Forest.