Drosera capensis, commonly known as the Cape sundew, is a small rosette-forming carnivorous species of perennial sundew native to the Cape in South Africa.

Drosera regia, commonly known as the king sundew, is a carnivorous plant in the sundew genus Drosera and is endemic to a single valley in South Africa.

The genus is collectively referred to as the sundews, while Drosera regia is commonly referred to as the king sundew.

Drosera peltata, commonly called the shield sundew or pale sundew, is a climbing or scrambling perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus Drosera.

Drosera peltata is commonly found growing on frost free open flats with light scrub, in areas of regenerating forest, on grassy verges and roadside cuttings.

Of the Drosera species with known chromosome counts, most are a multiple of x = 10.

There is also a correlation between location of Stylidium species and proximity of known carnivorous species, like sundews ( Drosera ), bladderworts ( Utricularia ), the Albany pitcher plant ( Cephalotus follicularis ), and the rainbow plant ( Byblis ).

Carnivorous plants such as sundews ( Drosera ) and pitcher plants Sarracenia purpurea have adapted to the low-nutrient conditions by using invertebrates as a nutrient source.

The bulk of the members of Droseraceae are contained in Drosera, the true sundews ; Dionaea and Aldrovanda both have only one extant species.

) Scientists are currently unsure about the evolutionary history of the Venus flytrap ; however scientists have made hypotheses that the flytrap evolved from Drosera ( sundews ).

In some areas near the summit the granitic soil is so leached of nutrients by the very high rainfall that rainforest plants are replaced by heath plants such as Acrothamnus spathaceus, Acrotriche baileyana, ferns, ( Gleichenia species ), carnivorous sundews ( Drosera species ) and the orchid, Dipodium ensifolium.

The trapping mechanism of Utricularia is purely mechanical ; no reaction from the plant ( irritability ) is required in the presence of prey, in contrast with the triggered mechanisms employed by Venus Flytraps ( Dionaea ), waterwheels ( Aldrovanda ), and many sundews ( Drosera ).

In appearance, it is similar to the related genus Drosera ( the sundews ), and to the much more distantly related Byblis ( the rainbow plants ).

), sundews ( Drosera ssp.

It is native to South Africa, like Drosera capensis, the cape sundew, and is one of the most common sundews in cultivation.

Tuberous sundews are species of the genus Drosera that have evolved to live in summer drought conditions and aestivate as a dormant underground tuber.

This page of the Voynich manuscript might possibly show one of the oldest illustrations of a Drosera species

Drosera is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants and individual species vary extensively in their specific morphology.

Byblis species look very similar to Drosera and Drosophyllum, but are distinguished by their zygomorphic flowers, with five curved stamens off to one side of the pistil.

Abarbarea is also one of the three ancestors of the Tyrians, along with Callirrhoe and Drosera.

She was one of the three ancestors of the Tyrians, along with Abarbarea and Drosera.

The woody rhizomes produced by the plant are one of the unusual characteristics that it shares only with D. arcturi in the genus ; the absence of woody rhizomes in all other Drosera is often cited as an indication of the presumed ancient lineage of D. regia and D. arcturi.

The lower altitude site was in a similar state, but he recorded approximately 50 mature plants, making this one of the most critically endangered Drosera species.

The flora has been one of the most important attractions for botanical studies, found insectivorous plant communities belonging to the genera Heliamphora, Drosera and Utricularia.

Drosera peltata is one of the easiest tuberous Drosera to cultivate, a characteristic that is attributed to its forgiving nature when it comes to water and temperature.

The Droseraceae is a small family of carnivorous plants, which consists of three extant genera: Drosera, Dionaea, and Aldrovanda ; each with distinct morphologies.

Ultimately, molecular and morphological evidence support the inclusion of all three, and also shows that the two genera that have traps that snap shut ( Dionaea and Aldrovanda ) are more closely related to each other than to Drosera, suggesting that snap traps evolved only once.

In common with most carnivorous plants, they grow in moist soils which are poor in dissolved minerals, where their carnivorous nature gives them a competitive advantage ; terrestrial varieties of Utricularia can frequently be found alongside representatives of the carnivorous genera – Sarracenia, Drosera and others – in very wet areas where continuously moving water removes most soluble minerals from the soil.

Plants experimented on were members of the genera Drosera and Pinguicula, including D. rotundifolia and P. vulgaris.

Circinate vernation is also typical of the carnivorous plant family Droseraceae, for example see this photo of Drosera filiformis.

Sighted in the Open Heath area are low growing plants such as the Fringed Lilly Thysanotus tuberosus, Tall Sundew Drosera peltata, which is a carnivorous plant, Flat-stemmed Cord Rush Eurychorda complanata and Wallum Grevillea Grevillea leiophylla, which is a delicate pink flowered grevillea growing to only about 30cm.

Venus Flytraps are not as humidity-dependent as are some other carnivorous plants, such as Nepenthes, Cephalotus, most Heliamphora, and some Drosera.

Given that Dionaea evolved from an ancestral form of Drosera ( carnivorous plants that use a sticky trap instead of a snap trap ) the reason for this evolutionary branching becomes clear.

The Chasewater habitat supports several rare plant and animal species including: Floating Water-plantain ( Luronium natans ), Round-leaved Wintergreen ( Pyrola rotundifolia ), the carnivorous Round-leaved Sundew ( Drosera rotundifolia ), Adder ’ s tongue ( Erythronium ), Black spleenwort ( Asplenium adiantum-nigrum ), Goldeneye Duck ( Bucephala ) and Tufted Duck ( Aythya fuligula )

It was named after Drosera, a genus of carnivorous plants.

* Drosera aliciae, carnivorous plant native to South Africa of the family Droseraceae.

Drosera capillaris, the pink or spathulate-leaved sundew ( not to be confused with Drosera spatulata ), is a small carnivorous plant of the family Droseraceae in the genus Drosera.

Drosera brevifolia ( the dwarf, small or red sundew ), is a carnivorous plant of the family Droseraceae and is the smallest sundew species native to the United States.

Drosera aliciae, the Alice sundew, is a carnivorous plant in the family Droseraceae.

Drosera rotundifolia ( the common sundew or round-leaved sundew ) is a species of sundew, a carnivorous plant often found in bogs, marshes and fens.

There are 627 flora species identified by Serra and Carvalho ( 1989 ) as under pressure and considered endangered, which included two medicinal plants: Tutsan ( Hypericum androsaemum ) and Sundew ( Drosera rotundifolia ).

The lower altitude site is estimated to have about 50 mature plants, making it the most endangered Drosera species, since it is threatened with extinction in the wild.

Drosera regia plants are fairly large herbs that produce horizontal woody rhizomes and a crown of large, linear leaves up to long and wide.

Drosera peltata generally has an evident rosette of leaves at the soil surface, which is most pronounced in D. foliosa and in contrast often reduced to scales in mature plants of D. peltata subsp.

Preliminary proof is given that the trapping mechanisms of two associated plants are the same ( the tentacles of Byblis and Drosera ), though this may be only a coincidence and further research must be done.