Sarracenia - Mix varieties
Pitcher plants - Native NC
ID#292
Perennial
Zone: 5a-9b
Date: April 2004
Location: Lower Deck/ Potted
Additional Information: Purchase at: Niche Gardens. Cahpel Hill, NC
Specializes in Native plants.
Carnivorous plants native to the eastern seaboard, Texas, the Great Lakes area and southeastern Canada, with most species occurring only in the south-east United States.(only S. purpurea occurs in cold-temperate regions). Leaves have evolved into a funnel in order to trap insects, the insects are attracted by a nectar-like secretion on the lip of pitchers, as well as a combination of color and scent. Slippery footing at the pitchers' rim, aided in at least one species by a narcotic drug lacing the nectar, causes insects to fall inside, where they die and are digested by the plant as a nutrient source.
2004
June 2014