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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Drosera rotundifolia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Roundleaf Sundew at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera rotundifolia var. rotundifolia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Drosera rotundifolia var. comosa
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Drosera rotundifolia var. rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Drosera rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-003:
Drosera rotundifolia FAMILY Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Drosera rotundifolia
COMMON NAME:
Roundleaf Sundew
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JK Marlow jkm160503_293
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Found primarily in the Mountains, rarely disjunct eastward, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm080924_003
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm080924_006b
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Steve Marlow snm080928_004
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaf blades wider than long, suborbicular or reniform, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Steve Marlow snm080928_004b
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
The glistening sticky secretion of glandular trichomes aids in insect catching, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Steve Marlow snm080928_023
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
A tiny plant in a tiny crack.
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JK Marlow jkm231025_6315
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Capsules are usually 3-valved and contain shiny, light brown seeds, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Drosera rotundifolia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera rotundifolia var. rotundifolia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Drosera rotundifolia var. comosa
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Drosera rotundifolia var. rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Drosera rotundifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-003:
Drosera rotundifolia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Drosera rotundifolia
489
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: mountain bogs and fens, seepages slopes, vertical seepages on rock (in the mountains) or clay (as along the Little River in the Sandhills of NC), northward also in Coastal Plain wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White or tinged w Pink
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 persistent sepals
5 persistent petals
5 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p243
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p319
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p174
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p141
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p100
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p166
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p071
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p094
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p365
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p063
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p176
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