Drosera

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• > 194 species
• Alaska to New Zealand
• self-pollination
• carniverous

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• > acid, > sunlight
• swamps, marshes
• seasonably moist regions

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• sandy environments
• mineral soils
• due to nutrient extraction

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• trap mechanism
• sticky secretions
• glands and tentacles
• attracts & ensnares
• enzymes for digestion

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• nutrients
• 15 minutes
• asphyxiation
• exhaustion

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• not enough polysaccharides
• sunlight as a factor

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• nutrients (N) are triggers
• chitinase, exoskeletons
• similar response to venus
• more complex
• different bending, depending

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• digestive juices
• Darwin, 285 pgs
• unique hybrids
• short video

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• medicinal
• tea
• coughs
• bronchial cramps
• asthma 

Conservation

• none federally protected
• all threatened/endangered
• habitat destruction - dev.
• bog draining - agr.
• 10 - 200 million - medicine 

thank you

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• http://www.carnivorous--plants.com/sundew-plant.html
• http://botany.org/Carnivorous_Plants/Drosera.php
• http://www.growsundews.com/sundews/sundew_drosera_information.html