Sarracenia purpurea L.

Pitcher-plant

Description:

·        Plant with basal leaves modified into cup-like pitchers and covered with purple veins

·        The inside hood extends over the opening of the pitcher and is covered with short bristles

·        Flowers are large with fleshy purple petals

Habitat:

·        Bogs

·        Bog meadows

·        Sphagnous lake margins

Distribution:

·        Bog