Native Carnivorous Plants

Plants listed alphabetically by scientific name.
Thumbnail Scientific Name Common Name State Rank (*) State Status
(*)		 Fed. Status
(*)		 Bloom
Time		 Bloom Area
(*)
image Dionaea muscipula Venus Fly Trap S3: Vulnerable SR: Significantly Rare SC - Special Concern May - June C
image Drosera brevifolia Sundew April - May Mostly C
image Drosera capillaris pink sundew May - Aug C, P rare in M
image Drosera filiformis threadleaf sundew S2: Imperiled SR: Significantly Rare Jun C
image Drosera intermedia spoon leafed sundew Jul - Sep C, P
image Drosera rotundifolia roundleafed sundew Jul - Sep M, rare CP
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Yet		 Drosera tracyi Tracy's sundew Jun C
image Pinguicula caerulea butterwort Apr - May C, scattered P
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Yet		 Pinguicula lutea yellow butterwort S2: Imperiled SR: Significantly Rare Apr - May C
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Yet		 Pinguicula pumila small butterwort S2: Imperiled SR: Significantly Rare Apr - May C
image Sarracenia × catesbaei (S. flava × S. purpurea) None P, C
image Sarracenia flava yellow pitcher plant Mar - Apr C, M rare
image Sarracenia jonesii mountain sweet pitcherplant S1: Critically Imperiled E: Endangered E - Endangered May - Jul M
image Sarracenia minor var minor hooded pitcher plant Apr - May C
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Yet		 Sarracenia oreophila Green pitcher plant S1: Critically Imperiled E - Endangered Apr - May M
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Yet		 Sarracenia purpurea var montana Appalachian purple pitcher plant May M
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Yet		 Sarracenia purpurea var purpurea Northern purple pitcherplant Apr - May CP, P
image Sarracenia purpurea var venosa Purple Pitcher Plant, Common Pitcher Plant Apr - May
image Sarracenia rubra Sweet Pitcher Plant Apr - May C, P M rare
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Yet		 Utricularia gibba shortspur creeping bladderwort, humped bladderwort May - Sep C
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Yet		 Utricularia radiata floating bladderwort May - Oct C
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Yet		 Utricularia biflora longspur creeping bladderwort May - Sep C, rare M
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Yet		 Utricularia cornuta horned bladderwort S1: Critically Imperiled SR: Significantly Rare Jun - Sep C
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Yet		 Utricularia floridana Florida bladderwort SH: Historical SR: Significantly Rare Jul - Aug C
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Yet		 Utricularia foliosa flatstem bladderwort C
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Yet		 Utricularia geminiscapa two-flowered bladderwort, hiddenfruit bladderwort S1: Critically Imperiled SR: Significantly Rare C
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Yet		 Utricularia inflata swollen bladderwort, inflated bladderwort May - Nov C
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Yet		 Utricularia juncea Southern bladderwort Jul - Sep C, scattered P
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Yet		 Utricularia macrorhiza greater bladderwort S1: Critically Imperiled SR: Significantly Rare C
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Yet		 Utricularia minor lesser bladderwort SH: Historical SR: Significantly Rare May - Nov C
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Yet		 Utricularia olivacea Dwarf bladderwort S2: Imperiled T: Threatened Sep - Oct C
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Yet		 Utricularia purpurea purple bladderwort May - Sep C
image Utricularia resupinata northeastern bladderwort, lavender bladderwort S1: Critically Imperiled E: Endangered Jun - Aug C
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Yet		 Utricularia striata striped bladderwort, fibrous bladderwort May - Nov C, P
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Yet		 Utricularia subulata slender bladderwort, zigzag bladderwort C, scattered M

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