Carolina Yellow Jacket Pitcher Plant - Sarracenia - 3" Pot

Carnivorous plants have the most bizarre adaptations to low-nutrient environments. These plants obtain some nutrients by trapping and digesting various invertebrates. Because insects are one of the most common prey items for most carnivorous plants, they are sometimes called insectivorous plants. It is not surprising that the most common habitat for these plants is in bogs and fens, where nutrient concentrations are low but water and sunshine seasonally abundant. As many as thirteen species of carnivorous plants have been found in a single bog (Folkerts, 1982). Most plants absorb nitrogen from the soil through their roots. But carnivorous plants absorb nitrogen from their animal prey through their leaves specially modified as traps. Common Name: 'Carolina Yellow Jacket' Pitcher Plant. If you like lots of glowing green pitchers on your plant, this is the one for you! This particular plant, though, is known for its hybrid vigor, readily producing multiple offshoots of glowing green pitchers all in a VERY easy-to-grow hybrid. A wonderfully easy plant