Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Drosera brevifolia
FAMILY
Droseraceae
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Read more about Dwarf Sundew at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdbrevifolia_pc6
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_brevifolia_dwarf_3
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_d_brevifolia_dwarf_5
April
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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
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)
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p081
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p260
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p359
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p141
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p176
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p022
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p165
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p071
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p094
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p177
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