Round-leaved Sundew
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Drosera rotundifolia
Common & widespread in Britain on heathland.
The leaves of the common sundew are arranged in a basal rosette.
The narrow, hairy, 1.3-to-5.0-centimetre (0.5 to 2.0 in) long petioles support 4-to-10-millimetre (0.2 to 0.4 in) round laminae.
The upper surface of the lamina is densely covered with red glandular hairs that secrete a sticky mucilage.
A typical plant has a diameter of around 3 to 5 centimetres (1.2 to 2.0 in), with a 5-to-25-centimetre (2 to 10 in) tall inflorescence.
The flowers grow on one side of a single slender, hairless stalk that emanates from the centre of the leaf rosette.
Seen from June-August.