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Sarracenia purpurea, a low-growing pitcher plant species native to North America

The North American continent is home to a wide variety of carnivorous plant species. Species from seven genera are native to the continent, and three of these genera are found nowhere else on the planet.

Fly trapped by Dionaea muscipula
Limonia fly trapped by Drosera filiformis
Collembola (Dicyrtomina minuta) trapped inside a leaf of Sarracenia purpurea
Pinguicula caerulea
Utricularia juncea

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Carnivorous plants of North America

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North American continent is home to a wide variety of carnivorous plant species. Species from seven genera are native to the continent, and three of these...

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Sarracenia

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Darlingtonia and Heliamphora. Sarracenia is a genus of carnivorous plants indigenous to the eastern seaboard of the United States, Texas, the Great Lakes area...

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Carnivorous plant

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Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other...

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Pinguicula

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Pinguicula, commonly known as butterworts, is a genus of carnivorous flowering plants in the family Lentibulariaceae. They use sticky, glandular leaves...

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Venus flytrap

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muscipula) is a carnivorous plant native to the temperate and subtropical wetlands of North Carolina and South Carolina, on the East Coast of the United States...

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Passiflora foetida

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role of bracts in Passiflora foetida" (PDF). Journal of Biosciences. 20 (5): 657–664. doi:10.1007/BF02703305. S2CID 43357745. "Carnivorous Plants / Insectivorous...

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List of carnivorous plants

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This list of carnivorous plants is a comprehensive listing of all known carnivorous plant species, of which more than 750 are currently recognised. Unless...

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Darlingtonia californica

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California pitcher plant, the Oregon pitcher plant, cobra lily or cobra plant—is a species of carnivorous plant in the new world pitcher plant family, Sarraceniaceae...

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Utricularia gibba

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species of carnivorous aquatic bladderwort. It is found on all continents except Antarctica. U. gibba has an exceptionally small genome for a plant, despite...

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Drosera capillaris

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carnivory. In North America, D capillaris grows concurrently with other unrelated species of carnivorous plants such as Sarracenia ssp. (Pitcher plants), Pingucula...

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Sarracenia purpurea

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pitcher plant, northern pitcher plant, turtle socks, or side-saddle flower, is a carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae. Like other species of Sarracenia...

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Drosera rotundifolia

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roundleaf sundew, or common sundew, is a carnivorous species of flowering plant that grows in bogs, marshes and fens. One of the most widespread sundew species...

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Drosera anglica

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commonly known as the English sundew or great sundew, is a carnivorous flowering plant species belonging to the sundew family Droseraceae. It is a temperate...

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Catopsis berteroniana

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wonderful plants in the world'. Annals of Botany, (109), 47-64. Adlassnig, W., Peroutka, M., & Lendl, T. (2010). Traps of carnivorous pitcher plants as a habitat:...

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Ibicella lutea

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it is not carnivorous. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Ibicella lutea". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team...

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Drosera brevifolia

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Drosera brevifolia (the dwarf, small or red sundew), is a carnivorous plant of the family Droseraceae and is the smallest sundew species native to the...

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Ibicella

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Ibicella is a genus of plants in the Martyniaceae family. Species include: Ibicella lutea (Lindl.) Van Eselt. Ibicella nelsoniana (Barb. Rodr.) Van Eselt...

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Drosera intermedia

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northern South America. Drosera intermedia is a perennial herb which forms a semi-erect stemless rosette of spatulate leaves up to 10 cm tall. Plants in temperate...

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Sarracenia minor

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herbaceous, carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Like all the Sarracenia, it is native to North America. In 1788, the first description of S. minor...

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Sarracenia leucophylla

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white pitcherplant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Like all the sarracenias, it is native to North America. The species is endemic to...

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Sarracenia flava

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Sarracenia flava, the yellow pitcherplant, is a carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae. Like all the Sarraceniaceae, it is native to the New World...

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Sarracenia psittacina

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parrot pitcherplant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Like all the Sarracenia, it is native to North America, in the Southeastern United...

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Pinguicula primuliflora

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The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 3 October 2015. Barry Rice's Carnivorous Plant FAQ...

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Sarracenia alata

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pitcher plant or pale trumpet, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Specifically, S. alata is an endemic species to North America; it is native...

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Utricularia vulgaris

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are borne on stalks above the surface of the water between April and August. In eastern Asia and North America, its place is taken by the related species...

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Sarracenia rosea

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new species of pitcher plant from the Southeastern United States. SIDA 18: 1183-1206. Sarracenia rosea at Barry Rice's carnivorous plant FAQ. UC Photos...

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Pinguicula gigantea

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Pinguicula gigantea is a tropical species of carnivorous plant in the family Lentibulariaceae. Its native range is within Mexico. P. gigantea's flower...

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Utricularia cornuta

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medium-sized, probably perennial species of carnivorous plant in the family Lentibulariaceae. It is endemic to North America and can be found in the Bahamas,...

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Sarracenia alabamensis

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Sarracenia alabamensis, also known as the cane-brake pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Like all Sarracenia, it is native to...

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Pinguicula conzattii

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winter rosettes of short, non-carnivorous leaves to decrease the loss of energy used on carnivorous mechanisms, showing clearly the cost of carnivory. The...

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