Drosera |
Drosera anglica |
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sundew |
English sundew, giant sundew |
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Habit | Bog-loving, scapose, perennial herbs, the scapes 6-18 cm. tall. | |
Leaves | Leaves all basal, ascending to erect, the blades at least twice as long as wide, glandular-viscid, ascending to erect, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate to spatulate-oblong, 1-3 cm. long and 3-5 mm. broad, gradually narrowed to petioles 1.5-8 cm. long. |
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Flowers | Inflorescence of 1-2, somewhat 1-sided, 2- to 7-flowered racemes; calyx deeply 5-lobed, the lobes ovate-oblong; petals 5, white, oblong, longer than the calyx; stamens 5, slightly shorter than the petals; styles 4-5, bifid 2/3 their length. |
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Fruits | Capsule 1-celled |
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Drosera |
Drosera anglica |
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Flowering time | June-August | |
Habitat | Bogs and swamps from low to middle elevations. | |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to the Sierra Nevada of California, east to the Great Lakes region and eastern Canada.
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Origin | Native | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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