Droseraceae
Spoonleaf sundew
Drosera spatulata
- Family
- Droseraceae
- Genus
- Drosera
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 小毛毡苔, 小毛氈苔, 匙叶茅膏菜, 宽苞茅膏菜
- English
- Spoonleaf sundew
- Japanese
- コモウセンゴケ
- Korean
- 좀끈끈이주걱
- Polish
- Rosiczka łyżeczkowata
- Slovenian
- Žličasta rosika
- Vietnamese
- Bắt ruồi lá hình thìa
Synonyms
- Drosera burmanni DC.
- Drosera loureiroi Hook. & Arn.
- Drosera lovellae F.M.Bailey
- Drosera minutula Colenso
- Drosera propinqua R.Cunn.
- Drosera spatulata subsp. tokaiensis Komiya & C.Shibata
- Drosera spatulata var. bakoensis A.Fleischm. & Chi.C.Lee
- Drosera spatulata var. gympiensis R.P.Gibson & I.Snyder
- Drosera spatulata var. loureiroi (Hook. & Arn.) Y.Z.Ruan
- Drosera spatulata var. spatulata
- Drosera triflora Colenso
Flowers
- In flower
- August to May (from 539 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tony Eales, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Billie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mgiganteus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kerri-Lee Harris, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: fsabatini, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Donald Hobern, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kate McAlpine, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Drosera
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- Tropical sundewDrosera burmanniiDroseraceae
- Cape sundewDrosera capensisDroseraceae
- Drosera regiaDroseraceae
- Crescent-leaved sundewDrosera peltataDroseraceae
- Indian sundewDrosera indicaDroseraceae
- Fork-leaved sundewDrosera binataDroseraceae
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- Drosera sessilifoliaDroseraceae
- Drosera aberransDroseraceae
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.