Drosera rotundifolia Linnaeus 1753 (Family Droseraceae)


Plant

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Height: 5-25cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Perennial, Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering June - August (Earliest: 7.7)

Protective Chemicals
Flavonoids Hyperoside
Other Phenolics Tannins
Naphthoquinones Methyljuglone, Plumbagin, Rossoliside
Acids Citric, Malic, Propanoic

Biotopes:
Peat Bogs and Mires
Food:
Formica picea

Other Insecta
Pollination: Autopollination

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Round-leaved Sundew


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