Droseraceae

Round-leaved sundew

Drosera rotundifolia L.

Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Drosera

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Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) — FlowerPhoto: Dave Behm, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (48)

Arabic: ندية مستديرة الأوراق, حشيشة الندى, عشبة ندى, قاتل ذبان, ندى شمس, نديان, نديمان, ورد الشمس
arz: نديه مستديرة الاوراق
Azerbaijani: Girdəyarpaq şehçiçəyi
ba: Ысыҡ үләне
Belarusian: Расіца круглалістая, Божая раса, Загардушка, Расіца
Breton: Glizheolez-delioù-ront
Bulgarian: Кръглолистна росянка
Catalan: Herba de la gota
Chinese: 圓葉茅膏菜, 叉梗茅膏菜, 圆叶茅膏菜, 圓葉毛氈苔, 毛毡苔
Croatian: Okruglolisna rosika
csb: Òkrãgłolëstny rosnik
Czech: Rosnatka okrouhlolistá
Danish: Rundbladet Soldug
Dutch: Ronde zonnedauw
English: Round-leaved sundew, Roundleaf sundew, Common sundew, Round‑leaved sundew
Esperanto: Rondfolia drozero
Estonian: Ümaralehine huulhein
Finnish: Pyöreälehtikihokki
French: Droséra à feuilles rondes
frr: Fleegenfanger
Georgian: Მრავალფოთოლა დროზერა
German: Rundblättriger Sonnentau, Herrgottslöffel, Himmelslöffelkraut, Himmelstau, Widdertod
Hebrew: טללית עגולת-עלה
Hungarian: Kereklevelű harmatfű
Icelandic: Sóldögg
Japanese: モウセンゴケ, 毛氈苔
Kazakh: Теңгежапырақ шықшөп
Korean: 끈끈이주걱
kw: Eyles
Latvian: Apaļlapu rasene
Lithuanian: Apskritalapė saulašarė
Macedonian: Округлолисна росилка, Обична росилка
Norwegian Bokmål: Rundsoldogg
Norwegian Nynorsk: Rundsoldogg
Persian: ژالهپوشان گردبرگ
Polish: Rosiczka okrągłolistna
Romanian: Roua cerului
Russian: Росянка круглолистная, Царёвы очи, Божья роса, Росица, Росичка, Росянка обыкновенная, Солнечная роса
se: Jorbačurolasta
Serbian: Округлолисна росуља
Slovak: Rosička okrúhlolistá
Slovenian: Okroglolistna rosika
stq: Bullekruud
Swedish: Rundsileshår, Daggört, Meatus meatus, Soldagg, Tätgräs, Tätmjölksgräs
Tatar: Түгәрәк яфраклы чыклы ут
Turkish: Güneşgülü
Ukrainian: Росичка круглолиста, Дрозера круглолиста
Welsh: Gwlithlys

Synonyms

Drosera corsica (Maire) A.W.Hill
Drosera rotundifolia f. comosa (Fernald) B.Boivin
Drosera rotundifolia f. rotundifolia
Drosera rotundifolia subsp. rotundifolia
Drosera rotundifolia var. breviscapa Regel
Drosera rotundifolia var. comosa Fernald
Drosera rotundifolia var. corsica Maire
Drosera rotundifolia var. distachya DC.
Drosera rotundifolia var. furcata Y.Z.Ruan
Drosera rotundifolia var. gracilis Laest. ex Hultén
Drosera rotundifolia var. longipetiolata H.Lév.
Drosera rotundifolia var. maritima Graebn.
Drosera rotundifolia var. rotundifolia
Drosera septentrionalis (Scop.) Stokes
Rorella rotundifolia (L.) All.
Rossolis rotundifolia (L.) Moench
Rossolis septentrionalis Scop.

Flowers

In flower: July to August (from 503 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Dave Behm, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Chris Hoess, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Vesa Oikonen, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Andreas Schneider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: association AMV, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: william_hoyer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: DymphieH, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sylvain Montagner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Foto: M. Linnenbach The original uploader was Michael Linnenbach at German Wikip, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dominic McLean, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Makele-90, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Aleksei Baushev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.