Droseraceae FAMILY

Drosera rotundifolia

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Drosera rotundifolia is a Evergreen Perennial up to 0.10 metres tall. It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurope, including Britain but excluding he Mediterranean, N. Asia, N. America..

HabitatWet and moist places in poor peaty soils, occasionally forming a floating fringe on small ponds[ 4 Title A Modern Herbal. Publication Author Grieve. Publisher Penguin Year 1984 ISBN 0-14-046-440-9 Description Not so modern (1930's?) but lots of information, mainly temperate plants. , 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ].