FOIBIS

Species Details -
Drosera rotundifolia L.  

Accepted name: Drosera rotundifolia L.  
Synonym(s): -Drosera   rotundifolia   L.   var. comosa   Fern.
English names: Dew-plant
Round-leaved Sundew
French names: Rossolis à feuilles rondes
Classification: Kingdom:  Plantae
Divison:   Magnoliophyta
Class:   Magnoliopsida
Order:   Nepenthales
Family:   Droseraceae
OPL Code: HDRORO
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998)
Lifeform: 2.2
Lifecycle: P
Source database: FOIBIS, June 2005-2012
Floristic Affinities: -
Distribution: -
Ecosystem:
Microhabitat:
Ethnobotanical Notes: Dried plants are used in Europe medically for the treatment of bronchitis and whooping cough. Formerly important as magic plant and in folk medicine(1).
Key Characters: -

Species Codes
NRVIS ID
76006
General Status
OMNR Status
COSEWIC
SRANK
S5
GRANK
G5
Med Flag
MED
Bayer Codes
 


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