WATER SUNDEW 



Scientific name: Drosera intermedia. 



Identifying features: Rosettes grow to 4 

 inches across; leaves are borne on a con- 

 spicuous stem up to 6 inches tall. Leaves 

 are red to dark purple unless shaded, slant- 

 ing upward from the stem, shaped like 

 long, thin spoons with the stalks several 

 times as long as the expanded portion. 

 Flowers are white to pink; hairless stalks 

 grow to 4 inches long. 



Flowering period: May to June, scattered 

 flowering at other times. 



Distribution: Northeastern United States 

 and southeastern Canada, south to Florida 

 and west to Texas. Also occurs in the Old 

 World. 



Habitat: Edges of ponds and slow-mov- 

 ing creeks, wettest portions of bogs, peri- 

 odically flooded ditches, soggy sphagnum 

 mats. This species is almost always found 

 where water stands some of the time, 

 or where the substrate is saturated. 



Distribution in forest: Throughout. 

 Abundance in forest: Common. 



Other information: When prey is captured, the leaves of this species slowly curl 

 over at the tip, enclosing the prey in a digestive cavity. 



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