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Scientific name:

Drosera intermedia

Vernacular name:

Sundew, Oblong-leaved


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Oblong-leaved Sundew

Scientific name: Drosera intermedia Hayne

Diagnostic features
Inflorescences to 5(10)cm, with peduncles curved at base, arising from sides of leaf-rosette.
Leaves (incl. petiole) up to 5cm, the blades obovate to narrowly so, up to 10 x 5mm.

Chromosome number: 2n=20.

Habitat
Native.

Distribution
Similar places to Drosera rotundifolia; very locally common in scattered areas of Britain and Ireland, mostly in West.

This species is keyed out on Page 3781 in the Text Key.

Hybrids
- Drosera x belezeana E.G. Camus (= Drosera rotundifolia x Drosera intermedia) has a leaf-shape closer to that of Drosera rotundifolia but curved, lateral inflorescences and is sterile; it has been recorded in South Hants, West Norfolk and Cards.

Drosera intermedia
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