Family: Droseraceae Oblong-leaved Sundew Drosera intermedia Flowering time: July-August. Insectivorous perennial Can be locally frequent on damp heaths in S and SW England and in western Ireland and Scotland. Small white flowers are carried on curving stalks which rise laterally from below the basal leaf rosette. The narrow spoon-shaped leaves are almost as long as the flower stems, and are covered with sticky red hairs which trap and digest insects to supplement the plants nitrate intake. Similar: Round-leaved Sundew, Drosera rotundifolia

Oblong-leaved Sundew, Drosera intermedia
Studland, Dorset. September 2012