Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Drosera intermedia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Water Sundew at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera intermedia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-004:
Drosera intermedia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
COMMON NAME:
Water Sundew, Spoonleaf Sundew
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_drin3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_drin3_005_lvd
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Douglas Houck dhk_3930
April Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Found in bogs, savannahs and wet ditches, often in standing water, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Douglas Houck dhk_4317
May Aiken County SC
Aiken State Park
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Douglas Houck dhk_4320
May Aiken County SC
Aiken State Park
Petioles glabrous, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Kevin Adams kcadroseraintermedia_w17
May Brunswick County NC
Green Swamp
Leaf blades longer than wide, spatulate; petioles filiform, 2-6cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Drosera intermedia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera intermedia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-004:
Drosera intermedia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
487
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Look for it in savannas, ditches, pocosins, margins of pools or streams, often in standing water, 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.
...Wet
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White or tinged w Pink
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 persistent sepals
5 persistent petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p081
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p242
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p174
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p141
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p082
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p100
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p071
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p063
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p278