sundews in English

noun
1
a small carnivorous plant of boggy places, with rosettes of leaves that bear sticky glandular hairs. These trap insects, which are then digested.
Bladderworts, pitcher plants, and sundews all indulge their carnivorous tastes.

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1. Unlike the sundews, however, Byblis can move neither their tentacles nor the leaves themselves to aid trapping or digestion.

2. False Asphodels have some similarities with sundews, a genus containing over 150 plants that catch insects using sticky and often vibrantly …

3. Because of its size, easy to grow nature, and the copious amounts of seed it produces, it has become one of the most common sundews in cultivation.

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5. Cold-hardy varieties of Pinguicula, commonly called Butterworts, are hard to find in cultivation, likely because unlike Sarracenia, flytraps, or sundews, cold-hardy Butterworts are more difficult to propagate and slow to grow from seed.They are prized amongst collectors for their lush rosettes and their orchid-like flowers