Drosera purpurascens Schlotthaub.

Distal 3–10 cm of stolon prostrate. Stems 5–12 cm long. Basal leaves in a rosette, the lamina reniform, 5–8 mm long, on petiole 10–30 mm long; outer leaves of rosette often spathulate; cauline leaves few or absent, similar to basal leaves; leaves yellow-red. Scape 1, terminal or arising from rosette, 3–5 cm long; pedicels 3–10 mm long.

Grows in sand or laterite,in heath.