family of perennial and sometimes annual flowering plants commonly known as sundews (see sundew family (sundew)), within the order Caryophyllales. The leaves are usually in a basal rosette, and the upper leaf surfaces are generally covered with sticky, gland-tipped hairs and sensitive tentacles that entrap insects. These leaves are curled, sometimes like a crozier, in bud. Three genera and 115 species, worldwide in distribution, are known.