Drosera rotundifolia - Carnivorous Sundew Plant Seeds- European Sundew Seeds

Drosera rotundifolia

Carnivorous Plant Seeds

Sundews leaves are usually flat with hundreds of tentacles which hold a gland that produces the dew. The dew is very thick and sticky.

When an insect gets stuck to some dew, more tentacles move in to get their dew covered glands against the insect to keep it from escaping.

The glands on top of the tentacles then secrete acids and enzymes which dissolve the insect.

The glands then re-absorb the nutrient rich fluid.

Drosera rotundifolia or round-leaved sundew is a species of sundew, a carnivorous plant often found in bogs, marshes and fens. One of the most widespread sundew species, it is generally circumboreal, being found in all of northern Europe, much of Siberia, large parts of northern North America, Korea, Japan and is also found on New Guinea.