E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

Drosera rotundifolia L. var. rotundifolia
round-leaved sundew (roundleaf sundew)
Droseraceae (Sundew family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

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Distribution of Drosera rotundifolia var. rotundifolia
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Species Information

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General:
Insect-eating perennial herb; stems erect, 5-25 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves erect or ascending, the blades rounded, 6-12 mm long and about as wide, the stalks 2-9 cm long, hairy, the long, reddish blade-hairs on upper surface stalked with gland-tipped, sticky, insect-trapping fluid; stem leaves lacking.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of raceme-like terminal cymes of 1-8 flowers, opening in full sun in a coiled cluster on one side of the stem; petals white, 6-10 mm long; calyces 4-6 mm long, fused to at least 1/3 their length.
Fruits:
Capsules, many seeded; seeds 1-1.5 mm long, spindle-shaped, light brown.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Habitat / Range

Swamps, bogs, fens, wet meadows and lakeshores in the lowland, steppe and montane zones; common along the coast, less frequent elsewhere in BC; circumpolar, N to AK, YT and NT, E to NF and S to MN, AL, FL, NV and CA; Greenland, Iceland, Eurasia.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Climate

The climate type for this species, as reported in the: "British Columbia plant species codes and selected attributes. Version 6 Database" (Meidinger et al. 2008), is not evaluated, unknown or variable.

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