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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Drosera capillaris
FAMILY
Droseraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Pink Sundew at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera capillaris
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Drosera capillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-005:
Drosera capillaris FAMILY Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Drosera capillaris
COMMON NAME:
Pink Sundew, Bog Sundew
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JK Marlow jkm0505q_37
May Williamsburg County SC
Plant is red in full sun and up to 2" in diameter. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm0505t_0709
May Williamsburg County SC
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Kevin Adams kcadroseracapillaris_27
May NC
Croatan National Forest
Leaves obovate to spatulate, petioles equal to or slightly longer than blades, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Kevin Adams kcadroseracapillaris_w10
May Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Petioles not filiform, less than 2cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdcapillaris_moultrie2
May Berkeley County SC
Lake Moultrie
Flowers borne on a 1.5-9" threadlike scape that lacks gland-tipped hairs, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Drosera capillaris
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera capillaris
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Drosera capillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-005:
Drosera capillaris
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Drosera capillaris
1967
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, other wet sandy or peaty sites, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 persistent sepals
5 persistent petals
5 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p081
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p371
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p022
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p165
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p071
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p094
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p063
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p176
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