OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 6 taxa in the family Droseraceae, Sundew family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

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speaker icon Common Name: Northern Threadleaf Sundew

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Drosera filiformis var. filiformis   FAMILY: Droseraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Drosera filiformis   FAMILY: Droseraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Drosera filiformis 092-01-001   FAMILY: Droseraceae

 

Habitat: Margins of natural pools in pinelands, especially clay-based Carolina bays, wet pine flatwoods

Rare

Native to the Carolinas

 


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camera icon Common Name: Tracy's Sundew

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Drosera tracyi   FAMILY: Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Drosera tracyi   FAMILY: Droseraceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, hillside seepage bogs; savanna/depression wetland ecotones

Rare in GA

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Dwarf Sundew, Early Sundew

Weakley's Flora: (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): Drosera leucantha 092-01-002   FAMILY: Droseraceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, other wet sandy sites, rarely in seepage over rock outcrops

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Roundleaf Sundew

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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): Drosera rotundifolia 092-01-003   FAMILY: Droseraceae

 

Habitat: Mountain bogs and fens, seepages slopes, vertical seepages on rock (in the mountains) or clay (as along the Little River in the Sandhills of NC), northward also in Coastal Plain wetlands

Uncommon in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Water Sundew, Spoonleaf Sundew

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Drosera intermedia   FAMILY: Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Drosera intermedia   FAMILY: Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Drosera intermedia 092-01-004   FAMILY: Droseraceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, ditches, pocosins, margins of pools or streams, often in standing water

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Pink Sundew, Bog Sundew

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Drosera capillaris   FAMILY: Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Drosera capillaris   FAMILY: Droseraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Drosera capillaris 092-01-005   FAMILY: Droseraceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, other wet sandy or peaty sites

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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