Drosera rotundifolia Linnaeus. Common name: Roundleaf Sundew. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Mountain bogs and fens, seepage slopes, vertical or overhung seepages on rock (in the mountains) or clay (as along the Little River in the fall-line Sandhills of NC), northward also in Coastal Plain wetlands. Distribution: A circumboreal species ranging south in North America to SC, ne. GA, e. and nc. TN, e. KY (KYNPC, pers.comm., 2024), IL, and CA.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Var. comosa Fernald (of ne. US and e. Canada) does not appear to warrant taxonomic recognition (Haines 2011).
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, FNA6, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, W, WV, Schnell (2002b), Shinners (1962c), Wood (1960), Wynne (1944); > Drosera rotundifolia L. var. comosa Fernald — F, K4, NS; > Drosera rotundifolia L. var. gracilis Laest. ex Hultén — K4, NS; > Drosera rotundifolia L. var. rotundifolia — F, K4, NS, Va. Basionym: Drosera rotundifolia L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Drosera rotundifolia - FNA6
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
- Great Plains: OBL
- Midwest: OBL
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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© Alan Cressler: Drosera rotundifolia, Cataract bog, Greenville County, South Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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© Alan Cressler: drosera rotundifolia, scaly mountain, nantahala national forest, macon county, north carolina 6 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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© Alan Cressler: Drosera rotundifolia, unnamed tributary, Beaver Brook, Snowy Mountain Trail, Adirondack Park, Hamilton County, New York 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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© Edwin Bridges | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Drosera rotundifolia, Valley Seeps, Towns County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Low-growing, carnivorous perennial found in mountain bogs and fens, seepage slopes, vertical seepages on rock or clay, and in northern parts of our range in Coastal Plain wetlands.
Stems: Stems are slender, smooth flowering scapes that emerge from a basal rosette of leaves.
Leaves: Leaves basal (rosette about 4 in. wide), on flattened petioles, nearly round and covered with red, gland-tipped hairs that attract and trap insects.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers 3-15 in a one-sided, coiled raceme at top of scape; white (rarely pink); about 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 oval petals and 5 sepals as long as or longer than the petals.
Fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.
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Height: 3-12 in.
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description: Low-growing, carnivorous perennial found in mountain bogs and fens, seepage slopes, vertical seepages on rock or clay, and in northern parts of our range in Coastal Plain wetlands.
stems: Stems are slender, smooth flowering scapes that emerge from a basal rosette of leaves.
leaves: Leaves basal (rosette about 4 in. wide), on flattened petioles, nearly round and covered with red, gland-tipped hairs that attract and trap insects.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers 3-15 in a one-sided, coiled raceme at top of scape; white (rarely pink); about 1/4 in. wide; consisting of 5 oval petals and 5 sepals as long as or longer than the petals.
fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.
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