Pitcher plant

Pitcher of Nepenthes distillatoria. A: Honey-glands from attractive surface of lid. B: Digestive fluid from interior of pitcher, in pocket-like depression of epidermis, opening downwards. C: Transverse section of the same.
Scanning electron micrograph inner surface of pitcher plant
Pitcher plants growing in a bog in Pennsylvania

Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid. The traps of pitcher plant are considered to be "true" pitcher plants and are formed by specialized leaves. The plants attract and drown the prey with nectar.[1]

  1. ^ Krol, E.; Plancho, B. J.; Adamec, L.; Stolarz, M.; Dziubinska, H.; Trebacz, Kgv. (2011). "Quite a few reasons for calling carnivores 'the most wonderful plants in the world'". Annals of Botany. 109 (1): 47–64. doi:10.1093/aob/mcr249. PMC 3241575. PMID 21937485.