Plants : DroseraceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Drosera longifolia L.

Great Sundew

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Drosera longifolia

Description: The great sundew is similar to the other sundews, and found growing on wet acid bogs. It differs from the common sundew (D. rotundifolia) in the long (not round) leaves and from the oblong-leaved sundew (D. intermedia) in having the flower-shoot arising from the centre of the leaf rosette instead of arising from the side of the rosette.

This plant is also sometimes called Drosera anglica.

All names: Drosera longifolia L.; Drosera anglica Huds.

Distribution Map from NBN: Drosera longifolia at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Drosera longifolia at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Drosera longifolia. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3520. Accessed on 2026-11-02.