Drosera rotundifolia

Drosera rotundifolia

Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Drosera
Subgenus: Drosera subg. Drosera
Section: Drosera sect. Drosera
Species:
D. rotundifolia
Binomial name
Drosera rotundifolia
Synonyms[3]
List
    • Drosera belezeana E.G.Camus (1891)
    • Drosera corsica (Maire) A.W.Hill (1926)
    • Drosera septentrionalis (Scop.) Stokes (1812)
    • Rorella rotundifolia (L.) All. (1785)
    • Rossolis rotundifolia (L.) Moench (1794)
    • Rossolis septentrionalis Scop. (1771)

Drosera rotundifolia, the round-leaved sundew,[4] roundleaf sundew, or common sundew, is a carnivorous species of flowering plant that grows in bogs, marshes and fens. One of the most widespread sundew species, it has a circumboreal distribution, being found in all of northern Europe, much of Siberia, large parts of northern North America, Korea and Japan but is also found as far south as California, Mississippi and Alabama in the United States of America and in New Guinea.

  1. ^ Maiz-Tome, L. 2016. Drosera rotundifolia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T168798A1232630. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T168798A1232630.en. Accessed on 29 March 2022.
  2. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Drosera rotundifolia L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  4. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.