Drosera nivea

{{Short description|Species of carnivorous plant}}

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| image = Drosera nivea.jpg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Cross, A. |year=2018 |errata=2019 |title=Drosera nivea |volume=2018 |page=e.T97530632A143989707 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T97530632A143989707.en |access-date=4 October 2021}}

| genus = Drosera

| display_parents = 2

| parent = Drosera sect. Lamprolepis

| species = nivea

| authority = Lowrie & Carlquist

| synonyms = * D.citrina var. nivea

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Drosera nivea is a species of carnivorous plant. It is a pygmy sundew and is native to Western Australia. The specific epithet nivea is derived from the Latin word niveus, meaning white, in reference to the colour of the plant's flower.{{cite web |title=Pygmy Drosera micrantha - pulchella |url=https://www.carnivorousplants.org/cp/taxonomy/pygmyDrosera/pg3 |website=International Carnivorous Plant Society |access-date=4 October 2021}} It is closely related to Drosera citrina and has previously been considered a variety of D.citrina known as D. citrina var. nivea.{{cite journal |author1=Thilo Krueger |author2=Andreas Fleischmann |title=When three become two: Drosera coalara links Drosera citrina with Drosera nivea |date=February 2020 |journal = Carnivorous Plant Newsletter |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339237746 |access-date=4 October 2021}}