The Round-leaved Sundew, Drosera rotundiflora traps insects by means of sticky drops on its leaf, then digests them. It is believed insects are trapped to supplement the plants nitrate nutrition. Nitrates are normally depleted in the wet acid soils where sundews are found. June
Sundew
The Round-leaved Sundew, Drosera rotundiflora traps insects by means of sticky drops on its leaf, then digests them. It is believed insects are trapped to supplement the plants nitrate nutrition. Nitrates are normally depleted in the wet acid soils where sundews are found.