Intro: Low-growing, carnivorous annual or perennial of pine savannas and other wet sandy sites, and rarely in seepage over rock outcrops.
Stems: Stems are slender, smooth flowering scapes covered with gland-tipped hairs that emerge from a small basal rosette.
Leaves: Leaves basal (rosette about 1 in. wide), on short dilated petioles, oblong to spoon-shaped, greenish to reddish and densely covered with hairs exuding a clear, sticky liquid that attracts and traps insects.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers several in small cluster at top of scape, 1 opening at a time, white to rose-pink, consisting of 5 spreading, nearly round petals.
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Height: 1-3 in.
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description: Low-growing, carnivorous annual or perennial of pine savannas and other wet sandy sites, and rarely in seepage over rock outcrops.
stems: Stems are slender, smooth flowering scapes covered with gland-tipped hairs that emerge from a small basal rosette.
leaves: Leaves basal (rosette about 1 in. wide), on short dilated petioles, oblong to spoon-shaped, greenish to reddish and densely covered with hairs exuding a clear, sticky liquid that attracts and traps insects.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers several in small cluster at top of scape, 1 opening at a time, white to rose-pink, consisting of 5 spreading, nearly round petals.
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native range: southeastern United States & South America