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|accepted_name=Drosera brevifolia
|accepted_authority=Pursh
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|place=1: 211. 1813
|year=1813
}}
|common_names=Shortleaf or dwarf sundew
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Drosera annua
|authority=E. L. Reed
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=D. leucantha
|authority=Shinners
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Droseraceae;Drosera;Drosera brevifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Droseraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Drosera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Drosera brevifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 6
|mention_page=page 421
|treatment_page=page 422
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>not forming winter hibernaculae, rosettes to 2 (–3.5) cm diam.; stem base not bulbous-cormose. <b>Leaves</b> prostrate; stipules absent or reduced to 1 or 2 minute hairs; petiole often not differentiated from blade, dilated distally, 0.5–1 cm, glabrous; blade cuneate, 0.4–1 cm × 5–12 mm, usually longer than petiole. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1–8-flowered; scapes (1–)4–9 cm, stipitate-glandular. <b>Pedicels</b> stipitate-glandular. <b>Flowers</b> 15 mm diam.; sepals distinct, oblong-ovate, 2.5–3.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, stipitate-glandular; petals white to rose-pink, obovate, 4–8 × 2–3 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 3 mm. <b>Seeds</b> black, obovoid or oblong, 0.3–0.5 mm, base caudate, crateriform, pits in 10–12 rows. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–May(–Dec).
|habitat=Moist sandy-peaty pinelands and roadsides
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico;West Indies (Cuba);Central America;South America (Brazil).
|discussion=<p><i>Drosera brevifolia</i> is the smallest and perhaps the most widespread species of the genus in the Southeast. It may be rare or local throughout its range, and may act as an annual, especially if the habitat dries out. The flowers are large for the size of the plant, and the stipitate-glandular scapes, pedicels, and sepals are quite distinctive. The species is easy to grow in cultivation.</p>
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name=Drosera brevifolia
|authority=Pursh
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Drosera annua;D. leucantha
|basionyms=
|family=Droseraceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–May(–Dec).
|habitat=Moist sandy-peaty pinelands and roadsides
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;Mexico;West Indies (Cuba);Central America;South America (Brazil).
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|publication year=1813
|special status=
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|genus=Drosera
|species=Drosera brevifolia
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