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Sundew unfurling
I know a place to find these by a lake, and I know they like moisture, so I'm always surprised to find these in the middle of hiking trails. (Never mind that this is Florida, so half the trails are as damp as the lake shore!) This one was working on uncurling a couple of new leaves, kind of the way a fern does.
''Drosera capillaris'', the pink or spathulate-leaved sundew , is a small carnivorous plant of the family Droseraceae in the genus ''Drosera''. They are frequently found in wet pine flatwoods and bogs of the southeastern United States, ranging from eastern Texas east to Florida and north to Virginia, as well as in some areas of the Caribbean. They thrive in moist, acidic soil.
Similar species: Pinks, Cactuses, And Allies
By Meryl Green
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Uploaded Jan 29, 2015. Captured Jan 28, 2015 10:58 in Florida Trail, Sorrento, FL 32776, USA.
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