Sundew

Sundews are members of the genus Drosera, consisting of about 90 species of carnivorous plants. Examples of the sundew family can be found on every continent but Antarctica; they are specially abundant in South Africa and Australia. Some, such as the Pink Sundew, D. capillaris, and the Dwarf Sundew, D. brevifolia, are found on the eastern and Gulf coasts of North America. They can be found in most soil conditions, in acidic, sandy, stony, and boggy places.

The leaves of these plants have stalks with drops of a sticky substance called mucilage at the ends; insects get stuck in this substance and become entangled. The substance then digests the helpless insect. On some members of the family, the stalks on the leaf actually move and bend toward the captured insect.

There are upwards of a hundred species of sundew. Some of the more well known are listed below.

Species

• Drosera acaulis
• Drosera adelae : Adelaide sundew
• Drosera affinis
• Drosera afra
• Drosera alba
• Drosera aliciae : Alice sundew
• Drosera andersoniana
• Drosera androsacea
• Drosera arcturi
• Drosera arenicola
  • Drosera arenicola var. occidentalis
• Drosera banksii
• Drosera barbigera
  • Drosera barbigera subsp. silvicola
• Drosera bequaertii
• Drosera biflora
• Drosera binata : Fork-leaf sundew
• Drosera brevicornis
• Drosera brevifolia : Dwarf sundew
• Drosera broomensis
• Drosera browniana
• Drosera bulbigena
• Drosera bulbosa
• Drosera burkeana
• Drosera burmannii
• Drosera caduca
• Drosera callistos
• Drosera camporupestris
• Drosera capensis : Cape sundew
• Drosera capillaris : Pink sundew
• Drosera cayennensis
• Drosera cendeensis
• Drosera chrysolepis
• Drosera cistiflora
• Drosera citrina
  • Drosera citrina var. nivea
• Drosera closterostigma
• Drosera collinsiae
• Drosera colombiana
• Drosera communis
  • Drosera communis var. pauciflora
• Drosera cuneifolia
• Drosera darwinensis
• Drosera derbyensis
• Drosera dichrosepala
  • Drosera dichrosepala subsp. enodes
• Drosera dielsiana
• Drosera dilatatopetiolaris
• Drosera echinoblastus
• Drosera elongata
• Drosera eneabba
• Drosera ericksoniae
• Drosera erythrogyne
• Drosera erythrorhiza
  • Drosera erythrorhiza subsp. collina
  • Drosera erythrorhiza subsp. magna
  • Drosera erythrorhiza subsp. squamosa
• Drosera esmeraldae
• Drosera falconeri
• Drosera felix
• Drosera filiformis : Threadleaf sundew
  • Drosera filiformis var. tracyi
• Drosera fimbriata
• Drosera fulva
• Drosera gigantea : Giant sundew
  • Drosera gigantea var. geniculata
• Drosera glabripes
• Drosera glanduligera
• Drosera graminifolia
• Drosera graniticola
• Drosera graomogolensis
• Drosera grantsaui
• Drosera grievei
• Drosera hamiltonii
• Drosera hartmeyerorum
• Drosera helodes
• Drosera heterophylla : Swamp-rainbow sundew
• Drosera hilaris
• Drosera hirtella
• Drosera hirticalyx
• Drosera huegelii
• Drosera humbertii
• Drosera hyperostigma
• Drosera indica
• Drosera insolita
• Drosera intermedia : Love-nest sundew
• Drosera intricata
• Drosera kaieteurensis
• Drosera katangensis
• Drosera kenneallyi
• Drosera lanata
• Drosera lasiantha
• Drosera leucoblasta
• Drosera linearis
• Drosera lowriei
• Drosera macrantha : Bridal-rainbow sundew
• Drosera macrophylla : Snowy sundew
• Drosera madagascariensis
• Drosera mannii
• Drosera marchantii
  • Drosera marchantii subsp. prophylla
• Drosera menziesii
  • Drosera menziesii subsp. basifolia
  • Drosera menziesii subsp. penicillaris
  • Drosera menziesii subsp. thysanosepala
• Drosera meristocaulis
• Drosera microphylla
• Drosera miniata
• Drosera modesta
• Drosera montana
  • Drosera montana var. schwackei
  • Drosera montana var. tomentosa
• Drosera moorei
• Drosera myriantha
• Drosera natalensis
• Drosera neesii
  • Drosera neesii subsp. borealis
• Drosera neesii
• Drosera neocaledonica
• Drosera nidiformis
• Drosera nitidula : Shining sundew
  • Drosera nitidula subsp. omissa
  • Drosera nitidula subsp. allantostigma
  • Drosera nitidula subsp. leucostigma
• Drosera oblanceolata
• Drosera occidentalis
  • Drosera occidentalis subsp. australis
  • Drosera occidentalis var. macroscapa
• Drosera orbiculata
• Drosera ordensis
• Drosera oreopodion
• Drosera paleacea
  • Drosera paleacea subsp. leioblastus
  • Drosera paleacea subsp. roseana
  • Drosera paleacea subsp. stelliflora
  • Drosera paleacea subsp. trichocaulis
• Drosera pallida
• Drosera panamensis
• Drosera paradoxa
• Drosera parvula
• Drosera parvula subsp. sargentii
• Drosera pauciflora
• Drosera pedicellaris
• Drosera peltata : Shield-rainbow sundew
• Drosera peltata subsp. auriculata
• Drosera peruensis
• Drosera petiolaris
• Drosera pilosa
• Drosera platypoda
• Drosera platystigma
• Drosera prolifera
• Drosera prostratoscaposa
• Drosera pulchella : Pretty sundew
• Drosera pycnoblasta
• Drosera pygmaea : Pygmy sundew
• Drosera radicans
• Drosera ramellosa
• Drosera ramentacea
• Drosera rechingeri
• Drosera regia : King sundew
• Drosera roraimae
• Drosera rosulata
• Drosera rotundifolia : Round-leafed sundew
• Drosera salina
• Drosera schizandra
• Drosera scorpioides
• Drosera sessilifolia
• Drosera sewelliae
• Drosera slackii : Slack's sundew
• Drosera spatulata : Spoon-leafed sundew
• Drosera spilos
• Drosera stenopetala
• Drosera stolonifera
  • Drosera stolonifera subsp. compacta
  • Drosera stolonifera subsp. humilis
  • Drosera stolonifera subsp. monticola
  • Drosera stolonifera subsp. porrecta
  • Drosera stolonifera subsp. prostrata
  • Drosera stolonifera subsp. rupicola
• Drosera stricticaulis
  • Drosera stricticaulis subsp. eremaea
• Drosera subhirtella
• Drosera subtilis
• Drosera sulphurea
• Drosera tentaculata
• Drosera trinervia
• Drosera tubaestylis
• Drosera uniflora
• Drosera villosa
• Drosera viridis
• Drosera walyunga
• Drosera whittakeri
• Drosera yutajensis
• Drosera zigzagia
• Drosera zonaria : Painted sundew