Authors: C. Stace, R. van der Meijden (ed.) & I. de Kort (ed.)
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Scientific name:

Drosera anglica

Vernacular name:

Sundew, Great


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Great Sundew

Scientific name: Drosera anglica Huds.

Diagnostic features
Inflorescences to 18(30)cm with peduncles straight, arising from near centre of leaf-rosette.
Leaves (incl. petiole) up to 13cm, the blades narrowly obovate to linear-oblong, up to 30 x 10mm.

Chromosome number: 2n=40.

Habitat
Native.

Distribution
Similar places (or wetter) and distribution to Drosera rotundifolia, but much more local and absent from Channel Islands and most of England, Wales and East Scotland.

Thisspecies is keyed out on Page 3781 in the Text Key.

Hybrids
- Drosera x obovata Mert. & W.D.J. Koch (= Drosera rotundifolia x Drosera anglica) is similar to Drosera intermedia in leaf characters but has a straight, centrally arising inflorescence and is sterile; it is rare but has scattered records over much of West Britain and Ireland, especially Northwest Scotland.

Drosera anglica (Sundew, Great)
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