Pearly Everlasting vs Round-Leaved Sundew - TreeTime.ca

Pearly Everlasting vs Round-Leaved Sundew

Anaphalis margaritacea

Drosera rotundifolia

CUSTOM GROW

CUSTOM GROW

Pearly Everlasting
Round-Leaved Sundew

Pearly Everlasting is a native perennial wildflower known for its clusters of white, papery flowers with yellow centres. These long-lasting blooms appear throughout summer, and the silver-grey foliage adds contrast to the landscape. Its nectar supports a variety of pollinators and serves as a host plant for painted lady caterpillars.

Pearly Everlasting is also used in dried flower arrangements. It is well-suited for pollinator gardens, naturalization, ecological restoration, and low-maintenance landscapes.

Round-Leaved Sundew is a native carnivorous plant, easily recognized by its bright green leaves covered in distinctive red, glandular hairs. These hairs secrete a sticky substance that is used to attract, trap, and digest insects. Their carnivorous nature allows them to survive in nutrient-poor, acidic soils where many other plants may struggle to grow.
They produce small white flowers that grow along the top of a slender, leafless stem. They can be found growing in wetlands, most often among sphagnum moss, in consistently moist, acidic soils. It does best in cooler summer climates and is intolerant of shade. Due to its small size, the plant can be difficult to spot in its natural habitat. Round-Leaved Sundew is an indicator of healthy wetland systems and is valued in ecological restoration and conservation projects.

Pearly Everlasting Quick Facts

Round-Leaved Sundew Quick Facts

Zone: 2a
Zone: 3a
Height: 0.6 m (2.0 ft)
Height: 0.1 m (0.2 ft)
Spread: 0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Spread: 0.1 m (0.4 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: wet
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: slow
Life span: short
Life span: short
Growth form: upright, clump-forming
Growth form: rosette-forming
Spreading: rhizomes - medium
Spreading: axillary bud plantlets - medium, seeds - low


Foliage: wooly hairs
Foliage: round, green with sticky red tentacles
Fall colour: red to marooon
Flowers: white, papery, with yellow centers
Flowers: tiny white flowers on long leafless stem
Bloom time: summer
Bloom time: summer
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, YT, NT, PE
Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, NL, YT, NT, NU, PE
Other Names: western pearly everlasting
Other Names: roundleaf sundew