Drosera menziesii
Introduction '''''Drosera menziesii''''', the '''pink rainbow''', is an erect or scrambling perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus ''Drosera''. It is endemic to Western Australia and grows in a variety of habitats, including winter-wet depressions, swamps, and granite outcrops in clay or peat sand soils or loam. ''D. menziesii'' produces small, circular carnivorous leaves along an undulating erect stem that can be  high. Its pink flowers emerge from July to November. ''Drosera menziesii'' was first mentioned by Robert Brown and then formally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1824.A type specimen (B 100294474) collected by Georgiana Molloy at Vasse River is held in the Herbarium Berolinense, Berlin (B).Four subspecies have been published, including the autonym. In 1864, George Bentham published three varieties: var. ''albiflora'', which is now a synonym of ''D. macrantha'' and var. ''flavescens'', which is no longer a valid taxon and had been used to refer to what are now known as ''D. intricata'' and ''Drosera subhirtella''. In the same year, Bentham described a new species, ''D. penicillaris'', which Ludwig Diels reduced to a variety under ''D. menziesii'' in 1906.N. G. Marchant and Allen Lowrie later moved var. ''penicillaris'' to a subspecies of ''D. menziesii'' in 1992.Ludwig Diels also described a new species, ''D. thysanosepala'' in 1906, which N. G. Marchant reduced to a subspecies of ''D. menziesii'' in 1982.Lastly, Marchant and Lowrie described subspecies ''basifolia'' in 1992, which they note is distinguished by the dense cluster of basal, alternate cauline leaves on the lower part of the stem.
See also *List of ''Drosera'' species
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