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Round-Leaved Sundew

Round-Leaved Sundew

Drosera rotundifolia

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How common: Common

Round-Leaved Sundew is a tiny insect-eating plant of bogs and other wet, nutrient-poor places. Its round leaves are covered with red hairs tipped with sticky, sweet-smelling drops that trap small insects. It is native to cool regions across the Northern Hemisphere.

Did you know?

  • Each flower opens only briefly in sunny weather.
  • The sparkling sticky drops look like morning dew, which gave it the name “sundew”.

About the species

Identification

Small, 5–20 cm tall. Leaves form a flat circle at the base; each leaf is round to kidney-shaped (about 0.3–1.5 cm across) with many red, sticky, drop-tipped hairs that catch insects. A slender stalk rises well above the leaves and carries several small white flowers that open only for a short time in sunshine. Seed pods are dry and contain many tiny seeds. Tell it from other sundews by its truly round leaf blades; other species have longer, spoon- or strap-shaped leaves. Flowers in Finland in June–July.

Plant group

Herbaceous plants

Habitat

mire

Flowering

Jun–Jul

About the habitat

Grows on many kinds of peat bogs, on drier mossy bumps and open wet patches, and also along shores, in wet ditches and old gravel pits. Common throughout the country.

Sources

Photo: Ryzhkov Sergey, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drosera rotundifolia - Росянка в НПП "Слобожанский".jpg

Text: Pinkka: Yläkoulun Pinkka - Suot ja tunturit, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.38780

Text: Pinkka: Laaja maatalouslajintuntemus 4 op - Koppisiemeniset, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.38780

Text: Wikipedia (Finnish), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Py%C3%B6re%C3%A4lehtikihokki

See also