UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Drosera

Drosera rotundifolia

sundew
Drosera rotundifolia

round-leaf sundew
Habit Bog-loving, scapose, perennial herbs, the scapes to 25 cm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves all basal, spreading, the blades glandular-viscid, rotund to obovate, 6-12 mm. long and at least as broad, on stout petioles 2-9 cm. long.
Flowers

Inflorescence of 1-2, somewhat 1-sided, 3- to 10-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 3, bifid nearly to the base.
Fruits

Capsule 1-celled.

Drosera

Drosera rotundifolia
Flowering time June-September
Habitat Swamps and bogs, lowlands to mid-elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
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Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east across Montana and North Dakota, and most of the United states east of the Mississipps River.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
D. anglica, D. ×obovata
Subordinate taxa
D. anglica, D. ×obovata, D. rotundifolia
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