Common sundew
size:
plant: 5 to 30 centimeters
flower: 5 millimeters
color:
flowers: white
leaves: green to brown-red
blossoms:
June through August
pollination:
self-pollination, wind
reproduction:
very fine seeds, spread by wind
life span:
perennial
- Dut: Ronde Zonnedauw
- Lat: Drosera rotundifolia
- Eng: Common Sundew, Round-leaved sundew
- Fren: Rossolis a feuilles rondes
- Ger: Rundblättriger Sonnentau
- Dan: Rundbladet soldug
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- Common sundew, foto fitis, sytske dijksen
Common sundew
Common sundew is a rare 'meat-eating' plant, which catches insects with its sticky hairs. The insects are used as a source of nitrogen and minerals. Because of its round leaves, it is also called round-leaved sundew. The rosette of leaves often lay practically flat on the ground, compared to the oblong-leaved sundew. In addition, the stems of the leaves are covered with short hairs.
- Distribution and habitat
- Common sundew, foto fitis, sytske dijksen
You find common sundew in the dunes in several calcium-poor dune valleys. You find this species of sundew more often on the Wadden Islands than oblong-leaved sundew, and often among bog-moss. It is the most common sundew species in the Netherlands, growing on peat-moor, peat-bog, wet heaths and sometimes in boggy grasslands. It has suffered heavily from reclamation and dehydration. Common sundew is legally protected.
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