Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Drosera tracyi
FAMILY
Droseraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera tracyi
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Drosera tracyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH Carnivorous plants of the US & Canada (Schnell, 2002)
Drosera filiformis var. tracyi
COMMON NAME:
Tracy's Sundew
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Alan S. Weakley asw_893091608651921
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Scapes glabrous. Pedicels & sepals glandular-pilose. Petals broadly ovate, apical margins erose, per Flora of North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdtracyi_pob1
June Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdtracyi_pob2
June Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaves 30-50cm long, > 1 mm wide; glandular hairs on the leaves pale green, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Drosera tracyi
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera tracyi
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Drosera tracyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Carnivorous plants of the US & Canada (Schnell, 2002)
Drosera filiformis var. tracyi
2427
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, hillside seepage bogs; savanna/depression wetland ecotones, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare in GA
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LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rose
(rarely white)
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 persistent sepals
5 persistent petals
5 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Capsule
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