By: Josh Carlson 4/9/10

 4 Genera  103 Species  Found mostly in boggy conditions  Herbs or sub-shrubs

 Leaves: alternate or basal,  simple, stipulate or estipulate  Glabrous hairs ( for grabbing insects) or hinged clasping  Flowers: perfect, regular, sepals 4-5 distinct or connate, petals 4-5 distinct, stamens 4-20 distinct, carpels 3-5 connate, ovary superior to half inferior with 1 locule and several ovules

 “dewy round leaf”  Flowers: 2-15  Petals: 5  Sepals: 5  Stamens: 5  Pistils: 3  Habitat: bogs, swamps, and marshes ia/Drosera_rotundifolia_cd.jpg

  Walters, Dirk., Keil, David., Murrell, Zack Vascular Plant Taxonomy. 5 th ed. U.S.: Kendall/Hunt Print.