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Northern/Purple Pitcher Plant

Sarracenia purpurea

Description:

a small carnivorous plant. It gathers water in its pitcher-shaped leaves and traps bugs in the water.

Notes:

you can see a small bug trapped in one of the pitchers in the picture if you look closely.

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Spotted on Aug 3, 2012
Submitted on Aug 6, 2012

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