Photos: Rinecaha, the Burren, Co. Clare

Great Sundew Drosera anglica Cailís Mhuire mhór Family: Droseraceae Flowering June - August. Insectivorous perennial. Native. Small white flowers, the flowerstalks rising from the centre of the leaf rosettes to 12cm tall. Long narrow leaves (to 4cm long) with sticky, red-tipped hairs, leaves widest below tips. Found in wetter areas of raised and blanket bogs, often among Sphagnum. Most frequent in the west and north-west having declined in central Ireland due to drainage and peat extraction. Similar: Oblong-leaved Sundew, Drosera intermedia

Great Sundew, Drosera anglica, Cailís Mhuire mhór