Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Great Sundew, Drosera anglica, Cailís Mhuire mhór
Photos: Rinecaha, the Burren, Co. Clare

Great Sundew
Drosera anglica
Cailís Mhuire mhór
Family: Droseraceae

Flowering June - August. Insectivorous perennial. Native.

Small white flowers, the flowerstalks rising from the centre of the leaf rosettes to 12cm tall. Long narrow leaves (to 4cm long) with sticky, red-tipped hairs, leaves widest below tips.

Found in wetter areas of raised and blanket bogs, often among Sphagnum. Most frequent in the west and north-west having declined in central Ireland due to drainage and peat extraction.

Similar: Oblong-leaved Sundew, Drosera intermedia

Great Sundew, Drosera anglica, Cailís Mhuire mhór

Great Sundew, Drosera anglica, Cailís Mhuire mhór
Great Sundew, Drosera anglica, Cailís Mhuire mhór

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