Floating Sundew vs Indian Sundew

Drosera intermedia compared with Drosera indica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Floating Sundew	Indian Sundew
Kingdom same	Plantae (plantas)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family same	Droseraceae	Droseraceae
Genus same	Drosera	Drosera
Species	Drosera intermedia	Drosera indica

Evolutionary Relationship

Floating Sundew and Indian Sundew share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Drosera.

Conservation Status

Floating Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Indian Sundew

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Floating Sundew	Indian Sundew
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Floating Sundew

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, Cuba, United States), and South America (Brazil).

Indian Sundew

Habitat

Inhabits flooded grasslands and savannas and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Guinea, Namibia, and Taiwan.