Carnivorous Plant Encyclopedia

Darlingtonia californica

Darlingtonia californica, the California cobra lily, is a monotypic carnivorous plant endemic to northern California and southwestern Oregon, USA, in the family Sarraceniaceae. Described by John Torrey in 1853 based...

Darlingtonia californica

Darlingtonia californica, the California cobra lily, is a monotypic carnivorous plant endemic to northern California and southwestern Oregon, USA, in the family Sarraceniaceae. Described by John Torrey in 1853 based...

Cephalotus follicularis

Cephalotus follicularis is the Australian pitcher plant — one of the most distinctive and sought-after carnivorous plants in the world, and the only species in the entire family Cephalotaceae. The...

Cephalotus follicularis

Cephalotus follicularis is the Australian pitcher plant — one of the most distinctive and sought-after carnivorous plants in the world, and the only species in the entire family Cephalotaceae. The...

Catopsis berteroniana

Catopsis berteroniana is the second confirmed carnivorous bromeliad on Earth — a pale yellow-green epiphytic tank plant from Florida, the Caribbean, and the American tropics whose inner leaves are dusted...

Catopsis berteroniana

Catopsis berteroniana is the second confirmed carnivorous bromeliad on Earth — a pale yellow-green epiphytic tank plant from Florida, the Caribbean, and the American tropics whose inner leaves are dusted...

Byblis gigantea

Byblis gigantea is the giant rainbow plant of southwestern Western Australia — a perennial flypaper carnivore from the ancient family Byblidaceae, distinguished from the superficially similar sundews by its passive,...

Byblis gigantea

Byblis gigantea is the giant rainbow plant of southwestern Western Australia — a perennial flypaper carnivore from the ancient family Byblidaceae, distinguished from the superficially similar sundews by its passive,...

Brocchinia reducta

Brocchinia reducta is the carnivorous bromeliad — a Venezuelan tepui endemic that expanded the scientific definition of plant carnivory when Givnish et al. 1984 demonstrated it to be a true...

Brocchinia reducta

Brocchinia reducta is the carnivorous bromeliad — a Venezuelan tepui endemic that expanded the scientific definition of plant carnivory when Givnish et al. 1984 demonstrated it to be a true...

Aldrovanda vesiculosa

Aldrovanda vesiculosa is the waterwheel plant — the sole living species in genus Aldrovanda, a monotypic free-floating rootless aquatic member of the Droseraceae family. Sister to Dionaea muscipula with shared...

Aldrovanda vesiculosa

Aldrovanda vesiculosa is the waterwheel plant — the sole living species in genus Aldrovanda, a monotypic free-floating rootless aquatic member of the Droseraceae family. Sister to Dionaea muscipula with shared...