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Pitcher Plant
Sarracenia purpurea L.
Sarraceniaceae
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Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) flower, growing in Tobermory Bog, photo credit D. Botcherby

Names and Their Meanings

Pitcher Plant - Sarracenia pupurea
Kanienʼkéha
a’nó:wara aoteráhti, a’nó:wara raó:ris
Anishinaabemowin
o’makiki’wida’san
French
Sarracénie pourpre
Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) growing in Tobermory Bog, photo credit D. Botcherby
Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) flower, growing in Tobermory Bog, photo credit D. Botcherby
Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) showing structure inside the flower, growing in Tobermory Bog, photo credit D. Botcherby

Pitcher Plant

Description

This is a carnivorous plant that grows in bogs.

Conservation Status

S5 (Secure) in Ontario and Québec