Drosera rotundifolia L., 1753 37% complete

Round-leaf sundew

Sp. Pl.: 282 (1753)

Data sources

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Sourced7 Differs from sources3 Source not recorded13 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 282 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1753 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Round-leaf sundew No source recorded
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Observations Temp. & Subarctic Northern Hemisphere, Philippines (Mindanao), W. New Guinea No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 12 cm
  • 11.77 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 25, 116, 164, 174, 500, 818, 898, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color white Sourced
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Forb/herb No source recorded
Source not recorded
Maximum height empty No source recorded
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Rejected 9 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 25, 116, 164, 174, 500, 818, 898, 918 below the average height (12 cm) of the same record
Not on the record
Sexuality hermaphrodite Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months jun, jul, aug Differs from sources
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 110, 164, 178, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 8 / 9 · very humid air No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ground humidity empty
  • 9 / 12 · amphibious part of the year (seasonal helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 6.5 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Ph minimum pH 5.5 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)
  • 1 / 9 · extremely poor (hyperoligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Differs from sources
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record