Intro: Low-growing, carnivorous perennial of savannas, ditches, pocosins and bogs, and along margins of pools or streams; often seen in standing water.
Stems: Stems short, unbranched, reddish; smooth flowering scape separate.
Leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, with the latter close together and appearing basal; short-petiolate; spoon-shaped; about 3/4 in. long; the upper surface covered with red, sticky-tipped glandular hairs that attract and trap insects.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers 3-8 in a 1-sided, coiled raceme that unfurls as flowers open 1 at a time from the bottom up, white, 1/3 in. wide, consisting of 5 spreading, rounded petals plus 5 yellow-tipped stamens and a single pistil with 3 styles.
Fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.
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Height: 1-3 in.
plant sale text: Water Sundew is a southeastern native carnivorous plant, with leaves that fan out into a low-growing rosette. The glands at the end of each hair like filament produce droplets of clear, sticky liquid. The genus name Drosera is derived from the Greek word meaning "dewy." In North Carolina, Water Sundew grows in bogs and savannahs, often in standing water, primarily in the coastal plain. It is ideal for growing either as a small specimen, or in a container bog garden along with other carnivorous plants..
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description: Low-growing, carnivorous perennial of savannas, ditches, pocosins and bogs, and along margins of pools or streams; often seen in standing water.
stems: Stems short, unbranched, reddish; smooth flowering scape separate.
leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, with the latter close together and appearing basal; short-petiolate; spoon-shaped; about 3/4 in. long; the upper surface covered with red, sticky-tipped glandular hairs that attract and trap insects.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers 3-8 in a 1-sided, coiled raceme that unfurls as flowers open 1 at a time from the bottom up, white, 1/3 in. wide, consisting of 5 spreading, rounded petals plus 5 yellow-tipped stamens and a single pistil with 3 styles.
fruits: Fruit an oval capsule.
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native range: eastern North America to South America