Drosera rotundifolia
Droseraceae
June to August
It is mainly found in the Northwest and parts of the
Southwest, the South, East Anglia and the Northeast.
See the BSBI distribution map for Round-leaved Sundew
It grows in damp, acid heath and moorland, bogs and
ditches, usually growing among Sphagnum.
Round-leaved Sundew is a native, insectivorous, rosette-
forming, perennial herb, growing up to 10cm.
The flower stem is straight and grows from the centre of
the rosette.
Flowers are small at up to 5mm, white and 5-petalled.
There are 5 stamens, each with 2 white anthers.
There are 3 divided, linear, white styles and 6 short,
white stigmas.
The 5 sepals are pale green, toothed and a similar size
as the petals.
Fruits are capsules.
Leaves are long stalked, fleshy, yellow-green to bright
purple, and covered in glandular hairs.
The hairs trap and kill insects and the leaves absorb
nutrients from their carcasses.
The floras state that the flowers of Round-leaved Sundew
and Oblong-leaved Sundew are similar.
However, Oblong-leaved Sundew has yellow anthers
and pink stigmas compared to the white stigmas and
anthers of Round-leaved Sundew.
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Round-leaved Sundew - purple leaves,
erect flower stems on Sphagnum,
Lancaster
Rosette of purple leaves with central
flower stem Winfrith Heath, Dorset
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Side view of upper flower stem
Close-up of flower- 5 petals, 5 stamens,
10 anthers 3 divided styles ,
6 stigmas and 5 sepals
Rosette of leaves on dry Sphagnum
Leaf with glandular hairs
Side and front views of leaves
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