Drosera rosulata
The Pygmy Drosera are starting to appear around the granite rocks. This one can flower before its sticky leaves/lamina appear.
The Drosera lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces.
The botanical name from the Greek δρόσος drosos "dew, dewdrops"[8] refer to the glistening drops of mucilage at the tip of the glandular trichomes that resemble drops of morning dew. The English common name sundew also describes this, derived from Latin ros solis meaning "dew of the sun".
The Principia Botanica, published in 1787, states “Sun-dew (Drosera) derives its name from small drops of a liquor-like dew, hanging on its fringed leaves, and continuing in the hottest part of the day, exposed to the sun.”[9]
Drosera rosulata
The Pygmy Drosera are starting to appear around the granite rocks. This one can flower before its sticky leaves/lamina appear.
The Drosera lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces.
The botanical name from the Greek δρόσος drosos "dew, dewdrops"[8] refer to the glistening drops of mucilage at the tip of the glandular trichomes that resemble drops of morning dew. The English common name sundew also describes this, derived from Latin ros solis meaning "dew of the sun".
The Principia Botanica, published in 1787, states “Sun-dew (Drosera) derives its name from small drops of a liquor-like dew, hanging on its fringed leaves, and continuing in the hottest part of the day, exposed to the sun.”[9]