pitcher plant
Noun
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Any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales (synset 112800363)
is a type of: carnivorous plant - plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animalssubtypes:
- common pitcher plant, huntsman's cup, huntsman's cups, sarracenia purpurea - perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland
- hooded pitcher plant, sarracenia minor - yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with an arched hood
- huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, sarracenia flava, trumpets, yellow pitcher plant, yellow trumpet - pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids
- california pitcher plant, darlingtonia californica - marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings below
- sun pitcher - any of several herbs of Guiana highlands having racemes of nodding white or pink flowers; trap and digest insects in pitcher-shaped leaves with spoon-shaped caps
- tropical pitcher plant - any of several tropical carnivorous shrubs or woody herbs of the genus Nepenthes
belongs to: order sarraceniales, sarraceniales - plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae
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