Found growing near fresh water in BC Canada; thumb for size reference [pic 2]. Third picture shows the immediate area. I was wondering about the function of the tiny hairs shown in [pic 1]. Do these trap bugs, or collect moisture?
by b3astm0de2021
What's this plant
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Isn’t that carnivorous?
It’s a *Drosera*, commonly called sundew. They are carnivorous plants. The hairs trap insects, yes. It is probably the round-leaved sundew, [*Drosera rotundifolia*](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52658-Drosera-rotundifolia/browse_photos?place_id=7085).
I don’t have a definite ID, but it looks like a sundew to me. If it is, the little hairs and droplets serve to trap bugs for the plant to eat.
Carnivorous sundew as linked by poster above. Please don’t share exact location if anyone contacts you, these plans are poached and poachers will destroy the ecosystem to get all of them. I was in a carnivorous plant group on FB and they always warned us about poaching.
Wow I learn so much on Reddit!
How lucky are you ?!!! Thanks for an interesting post .