Photographs: Co. Cork

Oblong-leaved Sundew Drosera intermedia Cailís Mhuire Family: Droseraceae Flowering time: July-August. Perennial. Native. Small white flowers on curving stalks grow laterally from a basal rosette of leaves. The narrow spoon-shaped leaves are almost as long as flower stems and covered with sticky red hairs. These hairs trap and digest insects to supplement nitrate intake. Locally frequent on wet peat and bogs in north, west and south-west Similar: Great Sundew, Drosera anglica.

Oblong-leaved Sundew, Drosera intermedia, Cailís Mhuire