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Botanical details
- Family
- Droseraceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Drosera
- Genus description
Drosera, commonly known as the sundews are one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants. They are perennial or (more rarely) annual, upright herbaceous plants forming either prostrate or upright rosettes, and can live for up to 50 years.
- Name status
Unresolved
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