| Drosera salina | |
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| Conservation status | |
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Priority Two — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Droseraceae |
| Genus: | Drosera |
| Subgenus: | Ergaleium |
| Section: | Ergaleium |
| Species: | D. salina |
| Binomial name | |
| Drosera salina N.G.Marchant & Lowrie |
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Drosera salina is an erect perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus Drosera. It is endemic to Western Australia and is only found in salt-free sand on the margins of salt lakes in a few locations north of Albany east to north-west of Esperance. The specific epithet, salina, refers to the salt lake margins that this species inhabits. D. salina produces small carnivorous leaves along stems that can be 7 cm (3 in) high. White flowers bloom from July to September.[1][2]
Drosera salina was first described by N. G. Marchant and Allen Lowrie in 1992.[3] It is listed by Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation as a priority two poorly known taxon on the Declared Rare and Priority Flora List.[1]