Round-leaved Sundew

(Drosera rotundifolia)

 

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

Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)

Identification: A small, bog loving plant. Flowers white or pink with 5 petals and arranged in an elongate, one-sided cluster. Leaves round, small, and covered with reddish, glandular hairs. Glandular hairs secrete a sticky juice in drops used to catch insects. Leaf petiole slender and relatively short for the genus. Plant 4 to 9 inches in height.

Distribution: Throughout most of eastern North America where its habitat is available. Also occurs across Canada and into the north-central and northwestern United States.

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

Flowering period: June to August.

Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)

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Spatulate-leaved Sundew (Drosera intermedia)

 

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