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Drosera ×californica

Drosera ×californica Cheek

Hybrid Sundew

Droseraceae (Sundew family)

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USDA Symbol: DRCA15

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

Carnivorous plant. Leaves equiped with long sticky glandular hairs to attract and capture small, mostly invertebrate prey, and shorter glands to digest the prey. Natural sterile hybrid of Drosera filiformis and D. tracyi.

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Size Notes: Up to about 16 inches tall.
Fruit: Sterile hybrid, produces no fruit.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Pink , Purple
Bloom Time: May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep

Distribution

USA: FL
Native Habitat: Shores of freshwater ponds, seepage bogs or fens, interdunal swales, roadside ditches, moist borrow pits.

Web Reference

Webref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Additional resources

USDA: Find Drosera �californica in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Drosera �californica in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Drosera �californica

Metadata

Record Modified: 2020-10-30
Research By: CBR

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