# Drosera macrophylla

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{{Short description|Species of carnivorous plant}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Droseramacrophylla.jpg
| image_caption = 
| genus = Drosera
| display_parents = 2
| parent = Drosera sect. Erythrorhiza
| species = macrophylla
| authority = [Lindl.](/source/John_Lindley)
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision = 
*''D.&nbsp;macrophylla''&nbsp;subsp.&nbsp;''macrophylla'' <small>Lindl.</small>
*''D.&nbsp;macrophylla''&nbsp;subsp.&nbsp;''monantha'' <small>[Lowrie](/source/Allen_Lowrie)&nbsp;&&nbsp;[Carlquist](/source/Sherwin_Carlquist)</small>
}}

'''''Drosera macrophylla''''', the '''showy sundew''',<ref name="FloraBase">{{FloraBase|id=3107|name=''Drosera macrophylla''}}</ref> is a [perennial](/source/perennial_plant) [tuber](/source/tuber)ous species in the genus ''[Drosera](/source/Drosera)'' that is [endemic](/source/endemic) to [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia). It grows in a [rosette](/source/rosette_(botany)) with leaves {{convert|4|cm|0|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|2|cm|0|abbr=on}} wide. It is a common species east of [Perth](/source/Perth%2C_Western_Australia). It grows in loam soils. It flowers from June to October. ''D.&nbsp;macrophylla'' was first described by [John Lindley](/source/John_Lindley) in his 1839 publication ''[A sketch of the vegetation of the Swan River Colony](/source/A_sketch_of_the_vegetation_of_the_Swan_River_Colony)''. In 1992, [Allen Lowrie](/source/Allen_Lowrie) and [Sherwin Carlquist](/source/Sherwin_Carlquist) described a new [subspecies](/source/subspecies), ''D.&nbsp;macrophylla'' subsp. ''monantha'', which is distinguished from ''D.&nbsp;macrophylla'' subsp. ''macrophylla'' by its single-flowered or rarely biflowered [inflorescence](/source/inflorescence)s. Subspecies ''monantha'' is abundant in the [Bruce Rock](/source/Bruce_Rock%2C_Western_Australia)/[Merredin](/source/Merredin%2C_Western_Australia) region.<ref name="Lowrie and Carlquist 1992">Lowrie, A. and S. Carlquist. 1992. Eight new taxa of ''Drosera'' from Australia. ''Phytologia'', 73(2): 98-116.</ref> The specific epithet ''macrophylla'' originates from Greek words ''makros'' (large) and ''phyllon'' (leaf) meaning 'large-leaved'.

== See also ==
*[List of ''Drosera'' species](/source/List_of_Drosera_species)

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{FloraBase|id=13387|name=''Drosera macrophylla'' subsp. ''macrophylla''}}
*{{FloraBase|id=13388|name=''Drosera macrophylla'' subsp. ''monantha''}}

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Category:Carnivorous plants of Australia
Category:Caryophyllales of Australia
macrophylla
Category:Eudicots of Western Australia
Category:Plants described in 1839

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