Scientific name: Drosera rotundifolia L.
Common name: Round-leaved Sundew
Description
Habit: A small perennial, to 10 cm high, insectivorous.
Stems: Flower stalks erect, arising from the axil of one of the uppermost leaves (appearing central); 7-10 cm high.
Leaves: In a basal rosette; up to 5 cm long (including leaf-stalk), spreading, leaf-stalk hairy, leaf-blade round and 7-10 mm across; red colour, sticky with gland-tipped hairs by which the insects are trapped and digested.
Flowers: White, actinomorphic, 6-7 mm across, usually only open when it is sunny, in a raceme of 8-15 flowers; sepals and petals 5; sepals united at base, petals free; stamens 5; ovary superior, styles 3.
Fruits: A capsule, seeds 2 mm long, with very loose coats.
Habitat: Bogs and wet heaths.
Distribution: Local.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No |
