Drosera prostrata

{{Short description|Species of carnivorous plant}}

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| image = Drosera prostrata.jpg

| genus = Drosera

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| parent = Drosera sect. Stolonifera

| species = prostrata

| authority = (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie

| synonyms =

• D. stolonifera subsp. prostrata N.G.Marchant & Lowrie

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Drosera prostrata is a tuberous perennial species in the family Droseraceae that is endemic to Western Australia. It produces 4 to 5 prostrate lateral stems that are 3.5 to 15 cm long. The prostrate growth habit is what sets it apart from all other members of the section Stolonifera. It is native to a region along the Western Australian coast from the Tamala area near Shark Bay south to Binnu. It grows in well-drained sandy soils and flowers from May to June.Lowrie, A. 2005. [http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/images/stories/nature/science/nuytsia/15/3/355-394.pdf A taxonomic revision of Drosera section Stolonifera (Droseraceae), from south-west Western Australia]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Nuytsia, 15(3): 355-393.

It was first formally described by N. G. Marchant and Allen Lowrie as a subspecies of D. stolonifera in 1992. Lowrie elevated the subspecies to species rank in 2005.