Scientific name: Anthophyta: Dicotyledonae: Rosales: Droseraceae: Drosera filiformis
Common Name: Thread-leaved Sundew
Country: USA
State/District: NJ
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Date: July 2002
Photographer: E. M. Barrows
Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location: New Jersey Pine Barrens
Keywords: A forb New Jersey Pine Barrens NJPB2002 pink flower
Additional Information:
Drosera filiformis is native to southeastern Massachusetts and southern New Jersey through Florida (Fernald 1950, 730–731).
This is a carnivorous (insectivorous) plant.
Its flowers are out of focus because they are blowing in the wind.
Reference
Fernald, M. L. 1950. Gray's Manual of Botany. Eighth Edition. American Book Company, New York, NY. 1632 pp.
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