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Read more about Roundleaf Sundew at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Drosera rotundifolia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera rotundifolia var. rotundifolia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-003:
Drosera rotundifolia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Drosera rotundifolia
COMMON NAME:
Roundleaf Sundew
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JK Marlow jkm160503_293
May Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Found primarily in the Mountains, rarely disjunct eastward, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Steve Marlow snm080928_004
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaf blades wider than long, suborbicular or reniform, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Steve Marlow snm080928_004b
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
The glistening sticky secretion of glandular trichomes aids in insect catching, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.