{{Short description|Species of carnivorous plant}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Speciesbox | image = Drosera prostrata.jpg | genus = Drosera | display_parents = 2 | parent = Drosera sect. Stolonifera | species = prostrata | authority = (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie | synonyms = *''D.&nbsp;stolonifera''&nbsp;subsp.&nbsp;''prostrata'' <small>N.G.Marchant & Lowrie</small> }}

'''''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&nbsp;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.<ref name="Lowrie 2005">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.</ref>

It was first formally described by N. G. Marchant and Allen Lowrie as a subspecies of ''D.&nbsp;stolonifera'' in 1992. Lowrie elevated the subspecies to species rank in 2005.<ref name="Lowrie 2005" />

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

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *{{FloraBase|name=''Drosera prostrata''}}

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Category:Carnivorous plants of Australia Category:Caryophyllales of Australia Category:Eudicots of Western Australia Category:Plants described in 1992 prostrata Category:Taxa named by Allen Lowrie Category:Taxa named by Neville Graeme Marchant

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