Mt. Rainier

Mt. Rainier Flora -- Drosera rotundifolia -- (Round-leaved Sundew)

presented by Susan McDougall


Drosera rotundifolia

The photo shows the sticky glands and a few captured insects in this carnivorous plant. It grows in peaty meadows and is known from a single location at the Park.

Author: Susan McDougall
Longmire Meadow, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.7515, -121.8131
Date: July 11, 2014
Drosera rotundifolia

The flowering stalk is a 1-sided raceme of several white flowers, each with 5 petals and sepals.

Author: Susan McDougall
Longmire Meadow, Mount Rainier National Park
GPS: 46.7515, -121.8131333
Date: July 11, 2014

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