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Sarracenia purpurea; pitcher plant [Sarraceniaceae]  Insectivorous perennial with large (2" wide), solitary, nodding, dark-red flowers and pitcher-shaped leaves.  The leaves are 4-10" long, purple-veined, lined on the inside with downward-pointing hairs, and accumulate water.  Crawling insects, trapped by the hairs, die, decay, and provide minerals (not food!) to the plant.  Found in (mineral-deficient) bogs.  Summer flowering.  [111]

   

 

 

 

 

 

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