Pitcher Purple Plant (Sarracenia Purpura) Nice Carnivorous Garden Plant 10 Seeds
This carnivorous species actually traps insects as a source of additional nutrients! To do this, the plant uses its folded leaves or pitchers which are about six inches long.A single nodding flower, 1 to 1 inches in depth and up to 2 inches wide, forms at the end of long slender stalk. Five broad spreading sepals, tinged with reds and purple, form a waxy, rigid umbrella-like structure over flower. Five bright red, oval petals, incurved at the base over the ovary, hang only briefly before shedding.Highly modified leaves form an ascending, closed tubular structure, 6 to 8 inches long, that fills with rainwater and digestive enzymes. The tube is narrow at the base, growing larger, rounded with a flat fused wing the length of the upper outside surface.Late season leaves