{{Short description|Species of carnivorous plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Drosera slackii Darwiniana.jpg | image_caption = | genus = Drosera | display_parents = 2 | parent = Drosera sect. Drosera | species = slackii | authority = Cheek<ref>Cheek, M. 1987. A new species of ''Drosera'' from South Africa. ''Kew Bulletin'' '''42'''(3): 738.</ref> | synonyms = }}
'''''Drosera slackii''''' is a subtropical sundew native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.<ref name="WCSP_64588">{{cite web |title=''Drosera slackii''|work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=64588 |accessdate=2015-08-11}}</ref> It forms rosettes that range from to two to four inches in diameter, and produces pink flowers. It is named after the British plantsman and author Adrian Slack (1933-2018).<ref>Gibson, R. 2000. [http://carnivorousplants.org/cpn/samples/v29n4p107_109.html ''Drosera slackii'' – a living jewel from South Africa]. ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' '''29'''(4): 107–109.</ref><ref name=DAmato>D'Amato, P. 1998. ''The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants''. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California.</ref>
''Drosera slackii'' is a recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.<ref name = RHSPF>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/87823/Drosera-slackii/Details | title = ''Drosera slackii'' | website = www.rhs.org | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate = 1 June 2020}}</ref>
== See also == *List of ''Drosera'' species
== References == {{Reflist}} * Hewitt-Cooper, N. 2012. ''Drosera slackii'' Cheek. ''Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' '''41'''(4): 151–153.
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Category:Carnivorous plants of Africa slackii Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Category:Plants described in 1987 Category:Taxa named by Martin Cheek
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