{{Short description|Species of carnivorous plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Drosera citrina (entire plant).jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Cross, A. |date=2020 |title=''Drosera citrina'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T66438400A67693924 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T66438400A67693924.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Drosera | display_parents = 2 | parent = Drosera sect. Lamprolepis | species = citrina | authority = Lowrie & Carlquist | synonyms = *''Drosera chrysochila''<ref>{{cite web |title= ''Drosera citrina'' Lowrie & Carlquist |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/968285-1 |website=Royal botanic gardens kew : plants of the world online |access-date=14 September 2021}}</ref> *''Drosera coalara''<ref name="cpn">{{cite journal |author1=Thilo Krueger |author2=Andreas Fleischmann |title=When three become two: Drosera coalara links Drosera citrina with Drosera nivea |journal=Carnivorous Plant Newsletter|volume=4|issue=1|pages=6–16|date=February 2020 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339237746 |access-date=14 September 2021}}</ref> }}
'''''Drosera citrina''''' is a species of pygmy sundew in the family Droseraceae. It is a carnivorous plant is native to Western Australia. The Latin specific epithet ''citrina'' means "lemon coloured", referring to the colour of the flowers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pygmy Drosera albonatata - echinoblastus |url=https://www.carnivorousplants.org/cp/taxonomy/pygmyDrosera/pg1 |website=International Carnivorous Plant society |access-date=13 September 2021}}</ref> It is closely related to ''Drosera nivea'', which was considered a variety of ''D. citrina'' in the past called ''Drosera citrina'' var. ''nivea''.<ref name="cpn"/>
==Reproduction== ''Drosera citrina'' can reproduce both sexually and asexually. They produce flowers which are lemon yellow or occasionally white. They also reproduce asexually by producing gemmae (singular gemma) : modified leaves which can grow into a genetically identical individual to the parent plant.{{cn|date=September 2021}}
==Uses== ''Drosera citrina'' is used as an ornamental plant and cultivated by horticulturalists and carnivorous plant enthusiasts.{{cn|date=September 2021}}
==See also== * List of Drosera species
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citrina Category:Flora of Australia Category:Plants described in 1992 Category:Taxa named by Allen Lowrie Category:Taxa named by Sherwin Carlquist