Drosera anglica

English Sundew is a perennial herb with a rosette of basal leaves and unbranched, leafless stems that are 6-18 cm high and which arise from a simple rootcrown. The leaves have stalks that are 2-8 cm long; leaves have narrowly oblong blades that are 1-3 cm long and 3-5 mm wide and covered on the upper surfaces with reddish, stalked glands that trap insects. 2-7 short-stalked flowers are borne on one side of the top of the stem. Each flower has a 5-lobed calyx that is 5-6 mm long and 5 separate, oblong, white petals that are longer than the calyx. There are 5 stamens and 4-5 styles, which are divided more than half their length. The fruit is a many-seeded capsule, and seeds are at least 1 mm long.

The leaf blades of Drosera rotundifolia are about as long as they are wide. D. linearis has narrow leaf blades, but the seeds are less than 1 mm long. A hand lens or microscope will be required to measure the seeds.

From CNHP Wetland Guide 2012: Main Characteristics:
·Leaves 15-35 mm long, oblanceolate, ascending to erect
·Flowers white

Drosera anglica occurs in sunny, very wet, and weakly acidic or calcareous bogs and fens. It often appears in shallow pools in the minerotrophic water tracks of patterned peatlands.