OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Drosera filiformis var. filiformis   FAMILY Droseraceae   Go to FSUS key

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera filiformis   FAMILY Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Drosera filiformis var. filiformis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)

Drosera filiformis

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Drosera filiformis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-001:

Drosera filiformis   FAMILY Droseraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Drosera filiformis var. filiformis

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Drosera tracyi

 

COMMON NAME:
 Northern Threadleaf Sundew

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image of Drosera filiformis var. filiformis, Northern Threadleaf Sundew

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_drfi_001_lvd

        

Leaves 8-25(-30)cm long, < 1 mm wide; glandular hairs on leaves red to purple, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Drosera filiformis var. filiformis   FAMILY Droseraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera filiformis   FAMILY Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Drosera filiformis var. filiformis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
 Drosera filiformis

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
 Drosera filiformis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-001:
 Drosera filiformis   FAMILY Droseraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
 Drosera filiformis var. filiformis

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Drosera tracyi

 

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486

Forb
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: Margins of natural pools in pinelands, especially clay-based Carolina bays, wet pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rose-purplish
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 persistent sepals
5 persistent petals
5 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall?
Capsule

 

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