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Droseraceae
Drosera

not marked as a favorite taxon Drosera filiformis Rafinesque var. floridana B. Rice. Common name: Florida Threadleaf Sundew. Phenology: May, Oct. Habitat: Pondshores. Distribution: FL Panhandle (Bay and Washington counties).

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Rice, Robinson, & Fleischmann (2017) separated the FL populations as var. floridana based on their uniformly orange, orange-red, or bright purplish red leaves (vs. olive-green, olive-red, or very occasionally dark purple), shorter scapes (7.8-16.2 cm vs. 13-25 cm), shorter petioles (1-6 [-10] vs. 4-15 mm long), smaller flowers, thinner scapes, and distribution in Bay & Washington counties, FL (vs. se. NC and northward).

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, NS, POWO, Rice, Robinson, & Fleischmann (2017) in Lowrie et al (2017); < Drosera filiformis Raf. — Fl4, FNA6, GW2, S13, WH3, Shinners (1962c); < Drosera filiformis Raf. var. filiformis — Schnell (2002b), Wood (1960), Wynne (1944); < Drosera tracyi (Diels) Macfarl. — S. Basionym: Drosera filiformis Raf. var. floridana B.Rice 2017

Links to other floras: < Drosera filiformis - FNA6

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Drosera filiformis var. floridana© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷
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