Drosera rotundifolia Linnaeus. Roundleaf Sundew. Phen: Jul-Sep. Hab: Mountain bogs and fens, seepage slopes, vertical or overhung seepages on rock (in the mountains) or clay (as along the Little River in the Sandhills of NC), northward also in Coastal Plain wetlands. Dist: A circumboreal species ranging south in North America to SC, ne. GA, e. and nc. TN, 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, FNA6, G, GrPl, GW2, Il, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, W, WV, Schnell (2002b), Shinners (1962c), Wood (1960), Wynne (1944); > Drosera rotundifolia L. var. comosa – F, K1, K3, K4; > Drosera rotundifolia L. var. rotundifolia – F, K1, K3, K4, Va
Links to other floras: = Drosera rotundifolia - FNA6
Wetland Indicator Status:
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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