Drosera neesii

Drosera neesii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Droseraceae
Genus:	Drosera
Subgenus:	Drosera subg. Ergaleium
Section:	Drosera sect. Ergaleium
Species:	D. neesii
Binomial name
	Drosera neesii; Lehm.
Subspecies
	D. neesii subsp. borealis N.G.Marchant; D. neesii subsp. neesii;
Synonyms
	Sondera neesii (Lehm.) Chrtek & Slavíková ; Drosera neesii subsp. borealis N.G.Marchant;

Drosera neesii, the jewel rainbow^[3]^[4] is an erect or twining perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus Drosera.^[2]^[5] It is endemic to Western Australia and grows near swamps or granite outcrops in sand, clay, or laterite. D. neesii produces small, cup-shaped carnivorous leaves in groups of three along stems that can be 15–60 cm (6–24 in) high. Pink flowers bloom from August to December.^[3]^[4]

Drosera neesii was first described by Johann Georg Christian Lehmann in 1844. The first infraspecific taxon was described when George Bentham reduced D. sulphurea to a variety, a decision which was later reversed. Then in 1982, N. G. Marchant described a new subspecies, D. neesii subsp. borealis, which is only found in the species' northern range.^[6]^[7]