{{Short description|Species of carnivorous plant}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | genus = Drosera | display_parents = 2 | parent = Drosera sect. Ergaleium | species = modesta | authority = Diels }}

'''''Drosera modesta''''', the '''modest rainbow''',<ref name="FloraBase">{{FloraBase|id=3111|name=''Drosera modesta''}}</ref> is a scrambling perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus ''Drosera''. It is endemic to Western Australia and grows on granite outcrops or stream banks in laterite or sand-clay soils. ''D.&nbsp;modesta'' produces shield-shaped carnivorous leaves with longer than normal tentacles. The scrambling stems can be {{convert|0.3|-|0.8|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} long. White flowers bloom from October to November.<ref name="FloraBase" /><ref name="D'Amato">D'Amato, Peter. 1998. ''The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants''. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, California. pp. 158.</ref><ref name="Rice">Rice, Barry. 2009. [http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5263.html The tuberous erect & scrambling ''Drosera'']. The Carnivorous Plant FAQ. Accessed online: 30 August 2009.</ref>

''Drosera modesta'' was first described and named by Ludwig Diels in 1904.<ref name="FloraBase" />

==See also== *List of ''Drosera'' species

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Category:Carnivorous plants of Australia Category:Caryophyllales of Australia Category:Eudicots of Western Australia Category:Plants described in 1904 modesta Category:Taxa named by Ludwig Diels

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