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Carnivorous Plants Of 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. Genera and species ;''Catopsis'' *''Catopsis berteroniana'' ;''Darlingtonia'' *'' Darlingtonia californica'' ;''Dionea'' *'' Dionea muscipula'' ;''Drosera'' *''Drosera anglica'' *''Drosera brevifolia'' *''Drosera capillaris'' *''Drosera filiformis'' *''Drosera intermedia'' *''Drosera linearis'' *''Drosera rotundifolia'' *''Drosera tracyi'' ;''Sarracenia'' *''Sarracenia alabamensis'' *''Sarracenia alata'' *''Sarracenia flava'' *''Sarracenia jonesii'' *''Sarracenia leucophylla'' *''Sarracenia minor'' *''Sarracenia oreophila'' *''Sarracenia psittacina'' *''Sarracenia purpurea'' *''Sarracenia rosea'' *''Sarracenia rubra'' ;''Pinguicula'' *''Pinguicula acuminata'' *''Pinguicula conzattii'' *'' Pinguicula elizabethiae'' *'' Pinguicula filifolia'' *''Pinguicula gigantea'' *''Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flickr - Ggallice - Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia Purpurea, Cranberry Glades, Round Glade
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Drosera Tracyi
''Drosera filiformis'', commonly known as the thread-leaved sundew, is a small, insectivorous, rosette-forming species of perennial herb. A species of sundew, it is unusual within its genus in that the long, erect, filiform (thread-like) leaves of this plant unroll in spirals – an arrangement similar to the circinate vernation seen in ferns. Distribution and habitat ''D. filiformis'' occurs naturally in both Canada and the United States; its natural range extends down the eastern seaboard of North America from south western Nova Scotia in the north down through New England to Florida in the south. Cultivation ''D. filiformis'' is frequently cultivated, with a few registered cultivars, such as ''D. filiformis'' var. ''filiformis'' (also known as ''D. filiformis'' typical), ''D. filiformis'' × 'California Sunset' (a hybrid between ''D. filiformis'' var. ''filiformis''. All of these cultivars are grown with similar conditions as most other ''Drosera'' species: mineral-poor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinguicula Acuminata
''Pinguicula acuminata'' is an insectivorous plant of the genus ''Pinguicula'' endemic to the Mexican state of Hidalgo, a member of the section '' Heterophyllum''. It is notable for producing flowers while the winter rosette is buried beneath the soil surface. Described in 1839, it was not rediscovered until 150 years later. Morphology ''Pinguicula acuminata'' is a perennial rosetted herb bearing stiff, ground-hugging ovate to cordiform acuminate 22–92 mm. (-3 in.) long leaves. These are borne on unusually long petioles (20–58 mm or –1 in), which allow the stem base to remain buried slightly underground.Luhrs, Hans. 1994 ''Pinguicula acuminata''; ''International Pinguicula Study Group Newsletter'', 4, Feb. 1994 The leaves are densely covered with stalked mucilaginous and sessile digestive glands, which serve to trap and digest insect prey and absorb the resulting nutrient mixture to supplement their nitrate-low environment. During dryer winter conditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinguicula
''Pinguicula'', commonly known as the butterworts, is a genus of carnivorous flowering plants in the family Lentibulariaceae. They use sticky, glandular leaves to lure, trap, and digest insects in order to supplement the poor mineral nutrition they obtain from the environment. Of the roughly 80 currently known species, 13 are native to Europe, 9 to North America, and some to northern Asia. The largest number of species is in South and Central America. Etymology The name ''Pinguicula'' is derived from a term coined by Conrad Gesner, who in his 1561 work entitled ''Horti Germaniae'' commented on the glistening leaves: ''"propter pinguia et tenera folia…"'' (Latin ''pinguis'', "fat"). The common name "butterwort" reflects this characteristic. Characteristics The majority of ''Pinguicula'' are perennial plants. The only known annuals are ''P. sharpii'', ''P. takakii'', ''P. crenatiloba'', and ''P. pumila''. All species form stemless rosettes. Habitat Butterworts can be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarracenia Rubra
''Sarracenia rubra'', also known as the sweet pitcherplant, or purple pitcherplant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus ''Sarracenia''. Like all ''Sarracenia'', it is native to the New World. Its range extends from southern Mississippi, through southern Alabama, the Florida panhandle and Georgia, to the coastal plains of Virginia and South Carolina. Morphology and carnivory Like other members of the genus ''Sarracenia'', the sweet pitcherplant traps insects using a rolled leaf, which in this species is generally smaller and narrower than most species, usually not exceeding 65 cm (26 inches) in height. ''Sarracenia rubra'' is generally clump-forming. The uppermost part of the leaf is flared into a lid (the operculum), which prevents excess rain from entering the pitcher and diluting the digestive secretions within. The upper regions of the pitcher are covered in short, stiff, downwards-pointing hairs, which serve to guide insects alighting on the upper portions of the leaf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarracenia Rosea
''Sarracenia rosea'' is a species of pitcher plant in the genus ''Sarracenia'' and is sometimes known as Burk's southern pitcher plant. It was previously classified as a variety of '' S. purpurea'' subsp. ''venosa'' (var. ''burkii''). The proposition for the plant to be named a new species arose in 1999. This proposition was based on three main factors: ''S. rosea'' has larger flowers on shorter stalks; it produces light pink petals, a feature no other species in the genus exhibits; and it has a somewhat different pitcher structure than ''S. purpurea''.Rice, B.A. 2006The Carnivorous Plant FAQ: ''Sarracenia rosea'' Accessed 1 June 2007. A form which lacks anthocyanins has been described as ''Sarracenia rosea'' f. ''luteola''. The species is native to the Gulf Coast of the Southeastern United States, and has been found from Mississippi to Georgia. However, the areas in which the plant occurs are being developed, so the species's habitat is threatened. However along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarracenia Purpurea
''Sarracenia purpurea'', the purple pitcher plant, northern pitcher plant, turtle socks, or side-saddle flower, is a carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae. Description Like other species of ''Sarracenia'', ''S. purpurea'' obtains most of its nutrients through prey capture. However, prey acquisition is said to be inefficient, with less than 1% of the visiting prey captured within the pitcher. Even so, anecdotal evidence by growers often shows that pitchers quickly fill up with prey during the warm summer months. Prey fall into the pitcher and drown in the rainwater that collects in the base of each leaf. Prey items, such as flies, ants, spiders, and even moths or hornets, are then digested by an invertebrate community, made up mostly by the mosquito ''Wyeomyia smithii'' and the midge ''Metriocnemus knabi''. The relationship between ''W. smithii'' and ''S. purpurea'' is an example of commensalism. ''S. purpurea'' also traps juvenile spotted salamanders with enough reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarracenia Psittacina
''Sarracenia psittacina'', also known as the parrot pitcherplant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus ''Sarracenia''. Like all the ''Sarracenia'', it is native to North America, in the Southeastern United States. ''Sarracenia psittacina'' employs the same trapping mechanism as ''Darlingtonia californica'', using a small entrance in the pitcher mouth, which prey goes through in search of more nectar that was produced by the plant on the rim of the pitcher mouth. The prey is then confused by light shining through what appear to be false exits (or "windows") and crawls toward the brighter area down into the pitcher. Criss-crossed downward-facing hairs densely line the interior of the pitcher, forcing the prey further into the pitcher to an area where digestive enzymes such as protease A protease (also called a peptidase, proteinase, or proteolytic enzyme) is an enzyme that catalyzes (increases reaction rate or "speeds up") proteolysis, breaking down proteins into smaller poly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarracenia Oreophila
''Sarracenia oreophila'', also known as the green pitcherplant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus ''Sarracenia''. It has highly modified leaves in the form of pitchers that act as pitfall traps for prey. The narrow pitcher leaves are tapered tubes that rise up to 75 centimetres from the ground, with a mouth 6 to 10 centimetres in circumference Like all the ''Sarracenia'', it is native to North America. ''Sarracenia oreophila'' is the most endangered of all ''Sarracenia'' species, its range limited to a handful of sites in northern Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia, and—historically--Tennessee. Origin of name ''Saracenia oreophila'' takes its name from the mountainous regions where it grows. The generic name ''Sarracenia'' is from Michel Sarrazin 659–1734 a French-Canadian naturalist who first described a specimen of the genus, and ''oreophila'' literally means "mountain-loving," from Greek '' oreophilos'' (''oros, -eos'', "mountain," + ''philos'', "loving"). Morphology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarracenia Minor
''Sarracenia minor'', also known as the hooded pitcherplant, is a perennial, terrestrial, rhizomatous, herbaceous, carnivorous plant in the genus ''Sarracenia''. Like all the ''Sarracenia'', it is native to North America. Etymology In 1788, the first description of ''S. minor'' was written by Thomas Walter. The specific epithet ''minor'' means "small" and refers to the typical size of the pitchers. The common name refers to the characteristic lid of this species. Description The typical form is a relatively small plant with pitchers about in height. An especially large form, with pitchers up to high, grows in the Okefenokee marshes,D’Amato, Peter. 1998. '' The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants''. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley. at the border between Georgia and Florida. The tubes are mostly green throughout, but can also be reddish in the upper part. Flowering occurs from late March to mid-May. Flowers are yellow in colour and odorless. Over a hundred seeds are pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarracenia Leucophylla
''Sarracenia leucophylla'', also known as the crimson pitcherplant, purple trumpet-leaf or white pitcherplant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus ''Sarracenia''. Distribution Like all the sarracenias, it is native to North America. The species is endemic to the Southeastern United States. It inhabits moist and low-nutrient longleaf pine (''Pinus palustris'') savannas, primarily along the United States Gulf Coast, and generally west of the Apalachicola River on the Florida Panhandle. It is also found in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Carolina. In North Carolina it has apparently been introduced by humans to areas outside its native range. Weakley, Alan S.''Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States pg 805-806 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarracenia Jonesii
''Sarracenia jonesii'' is a species of pitcher plant endemic to seepage bogs in the appalachian mountains of North Carolina and South Carolina. It is currently only found in ten locations: 4 in North Carolina and 6 in South Carolina. ''S. jonesii'' is listed as endangered by the US federal government. Description ''Sarracenia jonesii'' has hollow tubular pitchers that are green in color with maroon veins. It is a stemless herbaceous perennial that requires full sunlight to grow. Flowers are usually maroon, 5-petaled and globular and produce a fragrant odor. The pitchers produced are narrow with a horizontal lid to prevent too much rain water from entering the tube. The pitcher attracts flies and other small insects to feed on it, luring them with colorful leaves and sweet smells. The sides of the pitcher are waxy and slippery, which prevents insects from escaping once trapped. The nectar paralyzes the insects and digestive fluids in the tubular leaf decompose the insect which all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
