Thread-leaved Sundew

(Drosera filiformis)

 

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Thread-leaved Sundew (Drosera filiformis)

Identification: A small, bog loving plant. Flowers pink with 5 petals and arranged in an elongate, one-sided cluster. Leaves elongate, thin, curling, covered for their entire length with with reddish, glandular hairs. Glandular hairs secrete a sticky juice in drops used to catch insects. Plant 4 to 9 inches in height.

Distribution: Found primarily along the Atlantic Coast from Massachusetts to North Carolina.

Habitat: Thread-leaved Sundew is found in acid or peaty bogs.

Flowering period: June to August.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Thread-leaved Sundew (Drosera filiformis)

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Thread-leaved Sundew is easily recognized by its long, thin, curling leaves with glandular hairs covering their entire length.

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