purple pitcher plant
plant
Also known as: Sarracenia purpurea, common pitcher plant
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description
- In pitcher plant: Sarraceniaceae
The purple, or common, pitcher plant (S. purpurea) has heavily veined, green to reddish, flaring, juglike leaves that bear downward-pointing bristles to keep prey, including salamanders, from escaping. Its flowers are purple-red. The parrot pitcher plant (S. psittacina) has small, fat, red-veined leaves that are topped by beaklike…
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distribution
- In Sarraceniaceae
…or common, pitcher plant (S. purpurea) has a much wider range—from Labrador and Great Bear Lake (near the Arctic Circle) to subtropical Florida. The cluster of leaves produced by species of Sarracenia ranges in size from 10 cm (4 inches) in the sweet pitcher plant (S. rubra) to more…
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