Wildflowers Identified: Round-Leaved Sundew
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Round-Leaved Sundew has these characteristics:
- 5 petals
- several flowers on stem
- cluster or spike of flowers (a spike is a long cluster, with the flowers along the stem)
- 1/8 of an inch or less flower width
- 1/8 to 3/8 inches flower width
- whitish flower color
- pink to red flower color
- blooms in June
- blooms in July
- blooms in August
- plant height one foot or less
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- smooth leaf edges
- simple leaves about as long as wide
- simple leaves about 1 1/2 to 5 times as long as wide
- stem is hairy or spiny
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Eric Haines,
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