About Drosera neesii Lehm.
Drosera neesii, commonly known as the jewel rainbow, is an erect or twining perennial tuberous carnivorous plant belonging to the genus Drosera. This species is endemic to Western Australia, where it grows near swamps or granite outcrops in sand, clay, or laterite soil. D. neesii produces small, cup-shaped carnivorous leaves arranged in groups of three along stems that reach 15–60 cm (6–24 in) in height. Its pink flowers bloom between August and December. Drosera neesii was first formally described by Johann Georg Christian Lehmann in 1844. The first infraspecific taxon of this species was established when George Bentham reduced Drosera sulphurea to a variety of D. neesii, though this decision was later reversed. In 1982, N. G. Marchant described a new subspecies, D. neesii subsp. borealis, which occurs only in the northern part of the species' total range.
