Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Drosera brevifolia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Dwarf Sundew at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera brevifolia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-002:
Drosera leucantha
FAMILY
Droseraceae
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Sundew, Early Sundew
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JK Marlow jkm060423_112
April Berkeley-Charleston Counties SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Leaves obovate to spatulate, cuneate, 7-16mm long including indistinct petiole, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdbrevifolia_pc6
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_brevifolia_dwarf_3
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_brevifolia_dwarf_5
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_brevifolia_dwarf_7
April
The flowering scape of D. brevifolia has gland-tipped hairs, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Drosera brevifolia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera brevifolia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-002:
Drosera leucantha
FAMILY
Droseraceae
488
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Habitat: pine savannas, other wet sandy sites, rarely in seepage over rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring
White or tinged w Pink
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 persistent sepals
5 persistent petals
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring
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 p260
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p141
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p176
- 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 Sandhills Region p177