Drosera rotundifolia L.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Droseraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Drosera rotundifolia L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Petioles 1.5–5 cm, flat, glandular-hairy; lf-blades 4–10 mm, broader than long, much shorter than the petiole; stipules 4–6 mm, adnate, fimbriate along the upper half, scape glabrous, 7–35 cm, with 3–15 fls 4–7 mm wide; sep 4–5 mm; pet white to pink, spatulate, longer than the sep; seeds light brown, lustrous, 1–1.5 mm, sigmoid-fusiform, finely and regularly striate longitudinally; 2n=20. Common in bogs and swamps; circumboreal, in Amer. s. to S.C., Ga., Tenn., Ill., and Calif. June–Sept.