SIERRA NEVADAS

Pictures of carnivorous plants

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Yellow trumpet plants (Sarracenia flava) from the southeastern United States



Closeup on the leaves and tentacles of the carnivorous Sundew (Drosera capensis)



Open jaws of the Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) form the southeastern United States



The snap traps of the Venus fly trap (Dionaea muscipula) close rapidly when triggered to trap prey between two lobes.



Mouth of a red Nepenthes pitcher plant from southeast Asia



Close up on the mouth of a Fuchsia-colored Sarracenia (?) trumpet plant



Pitcher plant (Sarracenia sp.) from the eastern United States



Sarracenia trumpet plant



Blossom of a Sarracenia pitcher plant



Yellow trumpet plant (Sarracenia flava) from the southeastern U.S.



Closeup on the leaves and tentacles of the Red Sundew (Drosera capensis)



Venus flytraps



The carnivorous venus fly trap



Red Venus Fly Traps (Dionaea muscipula)



Hooded pitcher plant (Sarracenia minor) from the southeastern U.S.



Sundew (Drosera capensis)



Yellow trumpet plant (Sarracenia flava) from the U.S. southeast



Flowers of the carnivorous American trumpet plant



Canivorous yellow trumpet plant (Sarracenia flava)



Fly caught in a red sundew (Drosera capensis), a carnivorous plant



American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)



American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)



Fuchsia-colored Sarracenia (?) trumpet plant



Yellow trumpet plants (Sarracenia flava)



American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)



Canivorous yellow pitcher plants



Fly caught in the sticky tentacles of a red sundew (Drosera capensis)



Nepenthes pitcher plant from SE Asia



Purple pitcher plant (Saracenia pupurea)



Pinguicula bladderwort species with trapped insects



Red Sundew (Drosera capensis)



Red Sundew (Drosera capensis) with trapped insects



Closed snap trap of the Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) form the southeastern United States



Various Sarraceniatrumpet plants at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers



American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)



American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)



American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)



Venus flytraps



Green Venus flytraps



Purple pitcher plant (Saracenia pupurea)



Flower of the carnivorous Pinguicula bladderwort species



Cobra Lily (Darlingtonia californica) in northern California



Asian pictcher plant



Venus flytraps



American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)



American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)



American pitcher plants (Sarracenia)



Canivorous yellow trumpet plants



Canivorous American trumpet plants (Sarracenia flava)



American trumpet plants (Sarracenia sp)



American pitcher plants



Purple pitcher plant (Saracenia pupurea)


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