Sarracenia purpurea
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Sarracenia purpurea, the purple pitcher plant, northern pitcher plant, turtle socks, or side-saddle flower, is a carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae.
Sarracenia purpurea Flowers
S. p. purpurea, in Massachusetts
S. p. venosa, in North Carolina
Oldest known illustration of Sarracenia purpurea, from Clusius's Rariorum plantarum historia, cf. 18, 1601
Bog
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A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials – often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs inc
Sarracenia purpurea
…Germany, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. In Britain and Ireland purple pitcher plant have been introduced into some heather-rich peatbogs and with the mild climate have integrated into the local flora of some specific areas. But observations made by researchers throughout almost a century…
A bog in Lauhanvuori National Park, Isojoki, Finland
Peat bog and peat to dry, L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Quebec, Canada, 1976
Bog in Antwerp Province, Belgium
Bog in the Seliger Lake area, Tver Oblast, Russia