Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Drosera capillaris
FAMILY
Droseraceae
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
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-005:
Drosera capillaris
FAMILY
Droseraceae
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.
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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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Drosera capillaris
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera capillaris
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-005:
Drosera capillaris
FAMILY
Droseraceae
1967
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in Piedmont)
Look for it in pine savannas, other wet sandy or peaty sites, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Pink
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 persistent sepals
5 persistent petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p081
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p371
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p022
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p071
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p094
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p063
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p176