Sundew:
Having finishing with the Pinguicula, I turned my attention to
the Drosera brevifolia in flower nearby. This
was an exciting plant for me this day as well, as it was the first time I had ever seen the pink-flowered form.
Previous observations of the plant in Mississippi, Florida, and elsewhere had been of white flowered-forms. These
two forms have been given separate species names in the past--D. leucantha for the eastern, white-flowered plant,
and D. annua for the western, pink-flowered type. Current usage is to lump both names
into D. brevifolia. This bit of controversy was quite acrimonious in the
botanical journals!
Did you see the little pink-flowered Drosera brevifolia in
the first photograph in this photo-essay?.
