Sarracenia psittacina
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| Sarracenia psittacina Michx. (1803) |
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 Sarracenia psittacina range
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Sarracenia psittacina, also known as the Parrot pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Like all the Sarracenia, it is native to the New World.
S. psittacina is not the most effective Sarracenia at catching arthropods.[citation needed] It employs the same trapping mechanism as Darlingtonia californica, using a small hole in the pitcher mouth, which an arthropod goes through in search of more nectar that was produced by the plant on the rim of the pitcher mouth. The prey is then confused by light shining through what appear to be false exits and falls down into the liquid inside the pitcher. Enzymes of the plant's own production then digest the insect.
[edit] Infraspecific taxa
- Sarracenia psittacina f. heterophylla J. & J.Ainsworth (1996) nom.nud.
- Sarracenia psittacina var. minor Hook. (1834)
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[edit] References
- D’Amato, Peter. 1998. The Savage Garden. Berkeley. ISBN 0-89815-915-6
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