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Drosera rotundifolia 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); > Drosera rotundifolia L. var. comosa – F, K1, K3, K4; > Drosera rotundifolia L. var. rotundifolia – F, K1, K3, K4, Va

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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: 7

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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Drosera rotundifolia, Cataract bog, Greenville County, South Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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image of plant© Alan Cressler: drosera rotundifolia, scaly mountain, nantahala national forest, macon county, north carolina 6 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Drosera rotundifolia, unnamed tributary, Beaver Brook, Snowy Mountain Trail, Adirondack Park, Hamilton County, New York 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Erik Danielson source | Original Image ⭷
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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Drosera rotundifolia, Valley Seeps, Towns County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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