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Early investigators generally believed that insects contribute to the general welfare of the pitcher plants, but no conclusive evidence exists that fully evaluates the extent to which foliar ...

Illegally introduced purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea), also known as the northern pitcher plant, turtle socks, or side-saddle flower, growing in the wild in Dorset, UK. This carnivorous ...

Nantes botanical garden found dead Asian hornets in a Sarracenia stem Bee-killing Asian hornets spreading across Europe now face a natural enemy that lures them to destruction - a carnivorous North ...

Pitcher plants (Sarracenia purpurea L.) attract insects to pitchers and then capture them in fluid-filled, pitfall traps, but how efficient are pitcher plants at capturing prey in their natural ...

Complex morphology is an evolutionary outcome of phenotypic diversification. In some carnivorous plants, the ancestral planar leaf has been modified to form a pitcher shape. However, how leaf ...

Funding: This work was publicly supported by the French National Research Agency & MUSE University (ANR-16-IDEX-0006 to L.G, C.V. and D.G. under the “Investissements d’avenir” program), which funded ...

Sarracenia pitcher plants typically live in bogs in the southeastern United States. Dupont et al., 2023, Plos One, under CC-BY 4.0 Carnivorous pitcher plants seem like something straight out of a ...

Carnivorous plants are the meat-eaters of the plant world and are found on nearly every continent. Masters of adaptation, each species has developed its own unique way of trapping insects, reptiles or ...

Pop culture is all about trends, and gardens are no exception. Whether it's the rise of pollinator-friendly backyards or therapeutic green spaces, garden trends are constantly entering and exiting the ...