RHH's photos with the keyword: sundew

Careful or They'll Grab You

RHH
01 Nov 2013 14 6 901
One more picture for Halloween, this one also from the floating bog where the previous pictures were taken. This, however, is a native carnviorous plant, Drosera rotundifolia, the Round-leaf Sundew. It is a very tiny plant as is evident from the moss in which it is growing, but it does catch insects. The tiny drops of liquid are not water but a sticky substance in which insects are trapped and then digested by the plant.