Mountain Sweet Pitcher Plant

Did you know

• This carnivorous plant traps insects in its tubular, pitcher-shaped leaves using downward-pointing hairs and slippery walls.
• It is federally listed as endangered in the United States, found only in a few mountain bogs in the Carolinas.
• The flowers are held on tall stalks above the pitchers so that pollinators are not accidentally trapped and eaten.
• The sweet fragrance that attracts insects to the pitchers gives this subspecies its common name.
• Rainwater collects inside the pitchers, where enzymes and bacteria digest trapped insects to provide nutrients in the poor bog soil.

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Uses

• bog gardens
• conservation plantings
• educational displays
• terrarium cultivation