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What is a pitcher plant?
Quick Answer
A pitcher plant is a carnivorous plant with a cup-shaped leaf that traps insects and other small prey. The prey is digested in the fluid inside the pitcher.
The Full Story
Pitcher plants use modified leaves shaped like pitchers or tubes to lure and trap prey. Many species attract insects with nectar or bright colors, then make it difficult for them to escape with slippery surfaces or downward-pointing hairs. The trapped animals are broken down by digestive fluids and sometimes by microbes living in the pitcher. Pitcher plants occur in several unrelated plant groups, showing that similar traps evolved more than once.
Key Facts
1.The leaf itself becomes the trap
2.Digestive fluid breaks down prey
3.Pitcher forms evolved in multiple plant lineages
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