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Droserarotundifolia 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); > Droserarotundifolia L. var. comosa – F, K1, K3, K4; > Droserarotundifolia L. var. rotundifolia – F, K1, K3, K4, Va
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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.
Comments:
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.
