''Drosera zeyheri'' is a species in the

carnivorous plant Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans Protozoa (singular: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a group of single-celled eukaryot ...

genus '' Drosera'' that is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. Some botanists treat this species to be a form of '' D. cistiflora''.Rice, Barry. 2010
African and Madagascan ''Drosera'' species
The Carnivorous Plant FAQ. Accessed 4 August 2011. It differs from typical ''D. cistiflora'' specimens by being smaller, sometimes having cauline leaves on the short stems with white, pink, or red flowers.Gibson, Robert. 2006
The stunning red-flowered ''Drosera cistiflora'' in the wild and in cultivation.
'' Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'', 35(3): 70-73. Botanist Fernando Rivadavia has said that he believes of all the forms and varieties in the ''D. cistiflora'' complex, ''D. zeyheri'' could possibly merit distinction at the species rank. He found it easy to distinguish it from ''D. cistiflora'' by its mostly stemless habit, though it often does present one to three leaves on the flower scape.Rivadavia, Fernando. 2000
Endless carnivorous plants in Cape Town, South Africa.
'' Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'', 29(2): 42-45. ''Drosera zeyheri'' was first described by

Terence Macleane Salter Terence Macleane Salter (5 February 1883 – 30 March 1969) was a British/South African plant collector and botanist. Among the plant taxa named in his honor are the genus ''Saltera'' ( Penaeaceae) and the orchid '' Disa salteri''. Biography ...

in a 1940 volume of the ''Journal of South African Botany''.

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Carnivorous plants of Africa zeyheri Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Plants described in 1940 {{Droseraceae-stub

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