to trap an insect in the pitcher and digest it.
so it can have nutrients.
They use there oder
An Australian pitcher plant is another name for a Western Australian pitcher plant - also known as the Albany pitcher plant, a carnivorous plant of Western Australia, Latin name Cephalotus follicularis.
Pitcher plant is insectivorous.
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Yes the pitcher plant is a flowering plant. It flowers in spring.
The entire "pitcher" of the Pitcher plant contains chlorophyll is green and can photosynthesise
This trapping mechanism is for the trumpet pitcher only. The lid is basically an advertisement in the pitcher plant. The bottom side of the pitcher plant is covered with nectar and microscopic downward pointing hair. When any insect comes to collect the nectar the ant gets a downward thrust from the microscopic hair and falls into the liquid. Without the lid the pitcher plant will not be able to catch insects. Referance: David Attenborough [BBC Wildlife]
The pitcher plant catches bugs and flies and eats them
The pitcher plant belongs to the Sarracenia Family. :)
An Albany pitcher plant is a carnivorous plant of Western Australia, Latin name Cephalotus follicularis.
it is a flytrap plant.
A pitcher is agallon size.