Drosera intermedia Hayne. Common name: Water Sundew, Spoonleaf Sundew. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Pine savannas, ditches, pocosins, margins of pools or streams, often in standing water. Distribution: D. intermedia is interruptedly circumboreal (Europe and the Caucasus in the Old World), in North America ranging from NL (Newfoundland) and MN south to c. peninsular FL and TX, and into tropical America (Cuba, n. South America). Reported as adventive in a single county in WV (Harmon, Ford-Werntz, & Grafton 2006).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, Fl4, FNA6, G, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Schnell (2002b), Shinners (1962c), Wood (1960), Wynne (1944). Basionym: Drosera intermedia Hayne 1798
Links to other floras: = Drosera intermedia - 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 ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
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
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