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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Drosera intermedia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
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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 Flora of North America
Drosera intermedia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-004:
Drosera intermedia FAMILY Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Drosera intermedia
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Drosera intermedia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera intermedia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Drosera intermedia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-004:
Drosera intermedia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Drosera intermedia
487
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, ditches, pocosins, margins of pools or streams, often in standing water, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
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LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White or tinged w Pink
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 persistent sepals
5 persistent petals
5 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p081
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p242
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p319
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p174
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p141
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p100
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p071
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p063
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p278
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