Drosera sp. K.

An undescribed species that will soon be formally published and receive its own name. Found by Alexander Dietrick (africandrosera.org) and Fernando Rivadavia during a permitted field expedition to the Katanga plateaus of southeastern DR Congo around 2021. Originally referred to as "sp. Kundelungu", it was renamed to "sp. K" after also being found on the Kibara Plateau.

The Kundelungu Plateau sits at 1200-1700 m elevation in Haut-Katanga province, within Kundelungu National Park. The plateau is capped with grassland and crossed by highland streams and swampy areas, creating high levels of endemism. The same expedition also rediscovered Drosera katangensis, a species known only from a single 1912 herbarium collection and never previously photographed.

A small rosette-forming sundew closely related to D. pilosa, but with some notable differences: the flower scape has longer (but less dense) hairs, and the sepals are distinctly red. It produces a nicer rosette than D. pilosa and is generally considered the more attractive plant of the two. Like other tropical African rosetted sundews, it goes dormant in the dry season, surviving as fleshy taproots that tolerate wet conditions even during dormancy.