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This I believe is U.subulata. Saw it growing in the Green Swamp in NC.
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This a mystery Utricularia that has invaded the collection.
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This sundew was taken from a friends yard in Navarre Florida when he was clearing some land to put up a building. There were only 3 kinds of Drosera on the site...capillaris, filiformis tracyii and this single strange specimen. I assume it's a hybrid with D.rotundifolia due to the leaf shape but, there were none anywhere near his yard.
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Here it is beside D.capillaris taken from the same site.
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Thanks for any help.
 
Not sure but one thing is color and the thing that sticks out the most is the leaves are slightly less round than the Drosera rotundifolia.
 
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I'm thinking it's a Drosera rotundifolia x capillaris hybrid but, there were no Drosera rotundifolia any where near the site.
 
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What you need is some MORE PEOPLE HELPING.

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I know people here want to help just depends on time of day.
 
well maybe it could be a cross with Drosera rotundifolia, jsut becasue there wasn't any close by doesn't mean the pollen wasn't carried in from an insect???? just an idea...
 
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The 2nd pic is likely to be Utricularia subulata, one of the two most insidious invaders in the hobby. It is particularly known for it's habit of producing cleistogamous flowers (& prolific amounts of seed).
 
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I agree that they're cleistogamous flowers of some sort but, the stalks and flowers are the wrong color and length for Utricularia subulata. When my Utricularia subulata produced these flowers in the past they were still a pale yellow and the stalks were reddish and twice as tall. Hopefully whatever it is will eventually produce normal flowers. They've looked like this for 2 years now though. I wonder if they could be Utricularia juncea or Utricularia cornuta...
 
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No expert in any sense of the word but the sundew does look like it may be a hybrid to me. I wouldn't even call it an educated guess. More of a guess.
 
I'd say it's D. capillaris based on the stipules and the leaf shape is within the variation you find for this species. Look at D. capillaris 'Emerald's Envy' for instance. Collect and describe the seed after it flowers. D. capillaris seed are elongated ovals with tiny bumps in ridges running the length of the seed.

Why does it look different from the other plants? "Sports" happen. Stand in a field of wild flowers and maybe a few plant stands out from the rest. Again take D. 'Emerald's Envy' as an example.
 
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Like Not a Number said, Drosera capillaris is a very populous and highly ubiquitous in its range. Everywhere I've seen it, while traveling through parts of its range, I've seen many variations of the species, some similar to the one in your opening post, that are, perhaps aberrant forms of Drosera capillaris. It always made me wonder about possible hybrid origins, or that this particular species is prone to be highly variable. My best guess is that, since there are so many of this species extant in almost any and every optimal or marginal habitat within its range, that this exceptionally large gene-pool is the reason more variation is evident with this species.
 
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