Carnivorous plants of North America

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Sarracenia purpurea, a low-growing pitcher plant species native to North America

The North American continent is home to a wide variety of carnivorous plant species. Species from seven genera are native to the continent, and three of these genera are found nowhere else on the planet.

Fly trapped by Dionaea muscipula
Limonia fly trapped by Drosera filiformis
Collembola (Dicyrtomina minuta) trapped inside a leaf of Sarracenia purpurea
Pinguicula caerulea
Utricularia juncea

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