Contains 5 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Drosera L.
SUNDEW
Classification
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CARYOPHYLLALES
Drosera
Citation
DROSERA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 281. 1753.
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TYPE: Drosera rotundifolia Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 203. 1913.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Drosera brevifolia Dwarf Sundew
Drosera capillaris Pink Sundew
Drosera filiformis var. filiformis
Drosera intermedia Water Sundew, Spoonleaf Sundew
Drosera rotundifolia Roundleaf Sundew
Identification Key
1.  Leaf blades filiform, not differentiated from petioles; stem base bulbose-cormose (from expanded petiole base); petals 7-17(20) mm
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1.  Leaf blades linear or suborbiculate to obovate, elongate-spatulate, or cuneate, differentiated from petioles or not; stem base not bulbose-cormose; petals 3-7(8) mm
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2.  Leaf blades 8-25(30) cm long, ca. 1 mm wide or less, glandular trichomes red to reddish purple, drying dark brown; scapes 6-26 cm long; petals 7-10(12) mm long
2.  Leaf blades 30-50 cm long, 1-2 mm wide, glandular trichomes pale green, drying pale greenish brown; scapes 25-60 cm long; petals 12-17(-20) mm long
3.  Petiole often glandular and scarcely distinct from the expanded blade; scapes stipitate-glandular; stipules absent or reduced to minute hairs; seeds black, crateriform
3.  Petiole usually eglandular, rather distinct from the blade; scapes glabrous; stipules present, free from petioles; seeds reddish brown or brown, papillose
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4.  Plant always rosulate; leaves spreading to prostrate, usually <4(6) cm long; petioles flat, sparsely glandular-pilose; petals pink to white, 6-7 mm long; seeds coarsely papillose-corrugated, 0.4-0.5 mm long
4.  Plant rosulate at first, usually developing leafy stems 1-8(20) cm long; leaves spreading to erect, to 8 cm long; petioles filiform, glabrous; petals white (rarely pink), 3-6 mm long; seeds uniformly papillose, 0.7-1 mm long
Genus Synonyms
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No synonyms found.