English Sundew

These are much smaller than I expected - it would be quite easy to walk by without ever seeing them unless you are looking carefully. I came to this area specifically to see if I could find sundews and indeed whole meadow was quite covered, but until I got down on my hands and knees I didn't even notice them.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

That's a great field tip, because I still want to find my first! They'd be amazing macro subjects. Posted 10 years ago

Claire Hamilton

Lion

I have never seen one and didn't even realise they could be found in Europe. Fascinating plants. Posted 10 years ago

morpheme

Lion

I was surprised too to see them in the list of Washington plants. I've always thought of carnivorous plants and being more of a tropical (or at least warmer weather - no freezing) thing, and only suitable for indoor terrariums in this climate, but these guys live quite happily up in the mountains. They do grow in wet, boggy areas, and had this been a more normal year (it's been pretty hot and dry) I might have gotten a bit wet to get photos. Even so the ground was a bit squishy - and these plants look pretty healthy - a stressed sundew won't make the little drops of sticky mucous on it's leaves. Posted 10 years ago

The Great Sundew

''Drosera anglica'', commonly known as the English sundew or great sundew, is a carnivorous plant species belonging to the sundew family Droseraceae. It is a temperate species with a generally circumboreal range, although it does occur as far south as Japan, southern Europe, and the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi, where it grows as a subtropical sundew.

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Similar species: Pinks, Cactuses, And Allies

Species identified by morpheme