NameThatPlant.net: Drosera brevifolia

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Drosera brevifolia FAMILY Droseraceae Go to FSUS key

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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

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Forb
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, other wet sandy sites, rarely in seepage over rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White or tinged w Pink
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 persistent sepals
5 persistent petals
5 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

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