OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Drosera brevifolia   FAMILY Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Drosera brevifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-002:

Drosera leucantha   FAMILY Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Drosera brevifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Sundew, Early Sundew


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image of Drosera brevifolia, Dwarf Sundew, Early Sundew

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Drosera brevifolia, Dwarf Sundew, Early Sundew

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmdbrevifolia_pc6

April    Pickens County    SC

Poe Creek State Forest

image of Drosera brevifolia, Dwarf Sundew, Early Sundew

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_d_brevifolia_dwarf_3

April        

image of Drosera brevifolia, Dwarf Sundew, Early Sundew

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_d_brevifolia_dwarf_5

April        

image of Drosera brevifolia, Dwarf Sundew, Early Sundew

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 (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

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 Flora of North America
Drosera brevifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 092-01-002:
Drosera leucantha   FAMILY Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Drosera brevifolia

 

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488

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)

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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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