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Height: 6" |
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Flower: 2"
red-purple flowers |
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Foliage: Evergreen,
narrow, tubular, curving green leaves with red and pale white
blotches; forms a low rosette; 8" pitchers with lateral
openings; hood has clear spots; nectar is lanced with a chemical
that intoxicates the prey; slippery, downward-pointing hairs;
pitcher-like leaves collect water and trap insects |
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Comments: Native
to Alabama, Georgia, and southern Mississippi; moist to swamp
soil usually high in sphagnum moss |
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Cultivars/Species: -- |
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