Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Droseraceae
Drosera spp.

PLANTS National Database: Droseraceae
Drosera spp.

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Droseraceae
092-01-000
Drosera spp.

Common Name:
Sundew

Forb
Annual/Perennial

Native & non-native
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC


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Leaves:
Simple

Flower:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White/Pink/Rose-purple
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 persistent sepals
5 persistent petals
5 stamens

Fruit:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

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image of Drosera spp., image of Drosera spp.
Ben Geer Keys      bgk2304_a


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"Our Great-Aunt Narcissa ... loved the wildness of the wild flowers, she told us to consider the use they made of their chances — how the wild plum on the cotton terrace, growing wild, had beauty that no rose in any hothouse could match." — Ben Robertson, Red Hills and Cotton