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Drosera brevifolia Pursh. Dwarf Sundew. Phen: Feb-May (-Jun). Hab: Pine savannas, other wet sandy sites, rarely in seepage over rock outcrops. Dist: The species ranges from e. MD (Howard 2019) and se. VA south to s. FL and west to AR, OK, and TX; disjunct in sc. TN; disjunct in w. SC in the uppermost Piedmont (Blue Ridge Escarpment region); Cuba; s. Mexico (CHO, OAX); Central America; South America.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: D. leucantha may be the correct name for this taxon; see Shinners (1962) and Wood (1966) for a contentious discussion of nomenclatural issues.

Synonymy : = Ar, C, F, Fl4, FNA6, G, GrPl, GW2, K1, K3, K4, Mex, NcTx, S, S13, Tn, Va, WH3, Schnell (2002b), Wood (1960), Wynne (1944); = Drosera leucantha Shinners – RAB, Shinners (1962c); = n/a – Tat; > Drosera annua E.L.Reed – Tx

Links to other floras: = Drosera brevifolia - FNA6

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL

Heliophily : 9

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

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