Showing posts with label Droseraceae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Droseraceae. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

අඩහඳ-ඇස්ස[Ada-handa-essa]/Shield-leaved sundew (Drosera lunata [As Drosera peltata])

An indigenous herb found in wet grassy patches on hill slopes and banks of bordering waterways in the upper montane zone. This plant get additional nutrition by digesting small insects trapped by bending sticky tentacles.  

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

වටැස්ස[Wata-essa]/Tropical Sundew (Drosera burmanni)

A small stemless herb found in moist and sandy places. Usually among open grassy vegetation. It is an indigenous and common plant distributed in all elevations. Leaves covers with long stalked glands with sticky drops enabling the plant to capture and digest small insects.