purple pitcher plant

plural purple pitcher plants

1. A carnivorous pitcher plant native to much of Canada and parts of the eastern United States, of species Sarracenia purpurea.

   The purple pitcher plant flower sits high above the pitcher.

   2016 December 15, Barbara M. Linde, Pitcher Plants Eat Meat!, Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP, →ISBN, page 19

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   This bromeliad is one of the infamous carnivorous plants that has developed to capture and digest insects and creepy crawlers. But there is something unique about the purple pitcher plant.

   2022 November 29, Sophie Strand, The Flowering Wand: Rewilding the Sacred Masculine, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN

   Synonyms: turtle socks, hunter's cup, frog's britches, side-saddle flower