Plant Portrait

Scientific Name:

 Sarracenia purpurea

Common Name:

 Purple Pitcher Plant, Common Pitcher Plant

Native/Alien:

 Native

Type:

 Perennial

Pitfall Traps

Pitcher plant

Sandhills Game Land, Millstone Creek Natural Area, October 2004
© Kathy Schlosser

Closeup of Pitfall Trap

Pitcher plant

Sandhills Game Land, Millstone Creek Natural Area, October 2004
© Kathy Schlosser

Notes:

 Carnivorous

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