Drosera brevifolia

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Species Distribution Map
Family:DROSERACEAE
Species:Drosera brevifolia Pursh
Common Name:Dwarf Sundew
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Annual
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Dwarf Sundew is a native annual or biennial herb in the Sundew family (Droseraceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. Dwarf Sundew grows in bogs, in seeps, along small ponds and streams, and in wet roadside ditches, usually on sandy or peaty soils in full sun. It is the smallest species of Sundew in the United States, and is often overlooked. It is an annual or biennial with a tap root. The leaves form a basal rosette. The leaves are prostrate with a short, glandular petiole. The leaf blade is cuneate, red or green in color, with large stalked glands. From 1-8 flowers are produced on a stipitate glandular scape. The individual flowers have 5 green, stipitate glandular sepals and 5 white petals. The fruit is a capsule. The flowers only open on sunny days and will close on cloudy or over-cast days and at night. Like all Sundews, Dwarf Sundew is insectivorous, catching and digesting small arthropods. The glandular trichomes on the leaves respond to stimuli and will bend towards the entrapped prey, pressing it to the leaf surface. Digestive enzymes are secreted that break down the prey and the leaf absorbs the nutrients. Dwarf Sundew is similar to Pink Sundew (Drosera capillaris Poiret). Pink Sundew has distinct petioles usually without glands, no glands on the flowering scape, and pink petals.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, OBL (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyDROSERACEAE - Sundew family
Genus Drosera
Species Drosera brevifolia Pursh - Dwarf Sundew

Citation

Citation Drosera brevifolia Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 211. 1814 [1813].
Basionym: **
Type: USA: GEORGIA: Without data, Enslen s.n. (lectotype: PH). Lectotypified by C. Wood, J. Arnold Arbor. 47: 97. 1966.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Drosera uniflora Drosera uniflora Rafinesque, Atl. J. 148. 1832. FLORIDA
Drosera leucantha Drosera leucantha Shinners, Sida 1: 57. 1962. GEORGIA: Glynn Co.: St. Simon's Island, near Brunswick, 11 Apr 1947, Cronquist 5255 (holotype: SMU; isotypes: NY, US).

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Bullock, Butler, Cherokee, Chilton, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, DeKalb, Escambia, Etowah, Geneva, Lee, Mobile, Montgomery, Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Sumter

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1952 - 1993

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AMAL00009337 Montgomery 22 Apr 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14351		 AMAL
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
AMAL00006598 Baldwin 26 Mar 1995 Spaulding, Daniel D.
8676		 AMAL
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
JSU121004 Etowah 30 Mar 1995 Hodge, Lesley M.
4108		 JSU
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
ALNHS00004599 Sumter 19 Apr 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#2995		 ALNHS
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
JSU121005 Mobile 29 Mar 1992 Spaulding, Daniel D.
1227		 JSU
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
TROY000039398 Conecuh 17 Apr 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24977		 TROY
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
AUA_ACC_63733 Montgomery 22 Apr 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14351		 AUA
Drosera Brevifola Pursh
AMAL00016126 Russell 27 Apr 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16317		 AMAL
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
AUA_ACC_52851 Conecuh 25 Apr 1993 Diamond, Alvin R.
8594		 AUA
Drosera Brevifolia Pursh
JSU121003 Etowah 7 May 1995 Hodge, Lesley M.
4228		 JSU
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
TROY000004227 Escambia 09 Apr 1995 Brittain, Cynthia L.
70		 TROY
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
JSU121002 DeKalb 19 Apr 1968 Harris, Norman
s.n.		 JSU
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
AUA_ACC_65717 Crenshaw 13 May 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16376		 AUA
Drosera Brevifolia Pursh
AUA_ACC_53044 Escambia 23 Apr 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4575		 AUA
Drosera Brevifolia Pursh
AMAL00006600 Etowah 16 Apr 1995 Spaulding, Daniel D.
7911		 AMAL
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
JSU121007 Randolph 11 Oct 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
721		 JSU
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
UNA00011155 Mobile 15 Apr _ Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Drosera leucantha Shinners
TROY000018336 Russell 27 Apr 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16317		 TROY
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
JSU120997 Cherokee 10 May 1977 Kral, Robert
59965		 JSU
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
UWAL0043047 Baldwin 22 Apr 2010 Larsen, Harry S.
1731		 UWAL
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
AUA_ACC_53011 Crenshaw 22 Apr 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
4537		 AUA
Drosera Brevifolia Pursh
TROY000038736 Bullock 19 Apr 2012 Dykes, Bailee
503		 TROY
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
AUA_ACC_25760 Sumter 20 Apr 1965 Kral, Robert
23800		 AUA
Drosera Brevifolia Pursh
USAM000005435 Mobile 09 Apr 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4313		 USAM
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
AUA_ACC_59036 Lee 12 May 2000 Hansen, Curtis J.
2000-19		 AUA
Drosera Brevifolia Pursh
AUA_ACC_67296 Baldwin 21 Apr 2006 Harms, Thomas
28		 AUA
Drosera Brevifolia Pursh
TROY000046063 Butler 12 Apr 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
18939		 TROY
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
UWAL0047096 Etowah 01 May 2004 Webb, David H.
6405		 UWAL
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
AUA000041840 Cullman Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Drosera Brevifolia Pursh
JSU120998 Cherokee 26 Apr 1972 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
UNA00062995 Montgomery 22 Apr 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14351		 UNA
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
TROY000004228 Montgomery 22 Apr 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14351		 TROY
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
JSU121009 Randolph 15 May 1983 Nixon, Christopher F.
233		 JSU
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
SAMF0008335 DeKalb 21 Apr 2023 Davenport, L.J.
7070		 SAMF
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
UWAL0036105 St. Clair 31 May 2015 Keener, Brian R.
8932		 UWAL
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
TROY000018335 Crenshaw 13 May 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16376		 TROY
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
SAMF0003620 Bullock 04 May 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19203		 SAMF
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
UNA00011150 Baldwin 11 Apr 1952 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Drosera leucantha Shinners
UWAL0007408 Sumter 17 Apr 1973 Pate, Robert
s.n.		 UWAL
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
JSU121001 DeKalb 11 May 1983 Nixon, Christopher F.
180		 JSU
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
TROY000018334 Butler 05 May 2007 Diamond, Alvin R.
17499		 TROY
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
AUA_ACC_29909 Covington 6 Apr 1974 Lancaster, D.S.
117		 AUA
Drosera Brevifolia Pursh
UNA00011157 Mobile 10 Apr 1965 Deramus, Rebecca
D 336		 UNA
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
JSU121000 DeKalb 25 Apr 1987 Dickson, Catherine C.
169		 JSU
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
AUA_ACC_71263 Covington 14 Jul 1994 Oberholster, Suzanne
721		 AUA
Drosera Brevifolia Pursh
UWAL0015053 Bullock 19 Apr 2012 Dykes, Bailee
503		 UWAL
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
UNA00028839 Chilton 10 May 1993 Burckhalter, Robert
2255		 UNA
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
AUA000041835 Cullman 21 May 1918 Wolf, Wolfgang
 AUA
Drosera Brevifolia Pursh
JSU121006 Mobile 28 Mar 1993 Weninegar. Loretta L.
60		 JSU
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
ALNHS00003545 Baldwin 27 Aug 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1958		 ALNHS
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
AUA_ACC_16934 Mobile 15 Apr 1967 Kral, Robert
28293		 AUA
Drosera Brevifolia Pursh
AUA_ACC_65726 Russell 27 Apr 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16317		 AUA
Drosera Brevifolia Pursh
AMAL00006599 Cherokee 11 May 2002 Spaulding, Daniel D.
11250		 AMAL
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
TROY000044103 Geneva 08 Aug 2016 Byrd, Cameron
38		 TROY
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
AUA_ACC_45607 Butler 10 May 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3228		 AUA
Drosera Brevifolia Pursh
AUA_ACC_41220 Baldwin 8 Apr 1972 Floyd, Scott A.
040		 AUA
Drosera Brevifolia Pursh
JSU120999 Cherokee 2 May 1970 Landers, Kenneth E.
s.n.		 JSU
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
UWAL0047031 Autauga 18 Apr 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
639		 UWAL
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
ALNHS00001580 Clarke 21 Mar 2012 Horne, Howard E.
SWS-59		 ALNHS
Drosera brevifolia Poir.
UNA00066068 Mobile 15 Apr 1978 Weems, Ted
1		 UNA
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
JSU121008 Randolph 15 May 1983 Nixon, Christopher F.
233		 JSU
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
UWAL0002798 Butler 24 Apr 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21958		 UWAL
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
UWAL0047405 St. Clair 23 Apr 2018 Keener, Brian R.
10578		 UWAL
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
UNA00011152 Mobile 15 Apr 1967 Kral, Robert
28293		 UNA
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
UWAL0039654 Montgomery 30 Mar 2018 Diamond, Alvin R.
28137		 UWAL
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
AMAL00020026 Baldwin 01 Apr 2008 Barger, T. Wayne
335		 AMAL
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
USAM000005434 Mobile 07 May 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4479		 USAM
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
TROY000046882 Bullock 04 May 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19203		 TROY
Drosera brevifolia Pursh
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