OregonFlora species comparison

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Drosera

sundew
Habit Herbs often reddish or brownish.
Leaves

adaxial surfaces and margins covered in gland-tipped hairs; long-petiolate.
Inflorescences

usually simple but may be forked.
Flowers

white to pink.
Seeds

usually with a loose seed coat that often forms a jointed to flattened wing at one or both ends.

Drosera
Distribution
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Nearly worldwide. ~90 species; 2 species treated in Flora.

The flowers of many species, including ours, close at night and on overcast days.
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 1
Subordinate taxa
D. anglica, D. rotundifolia
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