Droseraceae
Crescent-leaved sundew
Drosera peltata
- Family
- Droseraceae
- Genus
- Drosera
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Common names
By language (10)
- arz
- دروسيرا بيلاتا
- Cantonese
- 茅膏菜
- Chinese
- 盾叶茅膏菜, 茅膏菜, 光萼茅膏菜, 地下明珠, 地胡椒, 盾叶茅膏菜（茅膏菜）, 石龙芽草, 一粒金丹
- English
- Crescent-leaved sundew, Pale sundew, Shield sundew
- Japanese
- イシモチソウ
- Korean
- 끈끈이귀개, 끈끈이귀이개
- Persian
- ژالهپوش سپردار, دروسرا دورنگ
- Tamil
- மலை அழுகண்ணி
- Thai
- หญ้าไฟตะกาด
- Vietnamese
- Gọng vó lá bán nguyệt
Synonyms
- Drosera bicolor Lowrie & Carlquist
- Drosera gracilis Hook.f. ex Planch.
- Drosera lobbiana Turcz.
- Drosera lunata Buch.-Ham. ex DC.
- Drosera muscipula Royle
- Drosera nipponica Masam.
- Drosera peltata var. foliosa (Planch.) Benth.
- Drosera peltata var. glabrata Y.Z.Ruan
- Drosera peltata var. gracilis (Planch.) Benth.
- Drosera peltata var. lunata (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) C.B.Clarke
- Drosera peltata var. multisepala Y.Z.Ruan
- Drosera peltata var. nipponica (Masam.) Ohwi ex E.Walker
- Drosera petiolaris Sieber ex C.Presl
- Sondera peltata (Sm.) Chrtek & Slavíková
Flowers
- In flower
- September to November (from 724 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Denis Barthel assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: self, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: self, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosťa Kracík, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosťa Kracík, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosťa Kracík, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosťa Kracík, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosťa Kracík, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rosťa Kracík, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Fork-leaved sundewDrosera binataDroseraceae
- Giant sundewDrosera giganteaDroseraceae
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- Drosera aberransDroseraceae
- Drosera adelaeDroseraceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.