Pitcher Plant
探検植物
Pitcher Plant
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The Pitcher Plant is a special plant that eats insects to get the nutrients it needs. Its leaves form a pitcher shape that traps bugs inside. This plant is like a sneaky hunter in the garden!
生息地: Wetlands
外見
The Pitcher Plant has striking, often brightly colored, modified leaves that form deep, vase-like tubes or 'pitchers'. These can be green, red, or mottled, often with distinctive hood-like lids and a smooth, waxy rim. Its unique shape makes it visually different from most other plants.
界Plantae門Tracheophyta綱Magnoliopsida
カテゴリ
植物レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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おもしろい事実
Certain pitcher plants glow under UV light, making them even more attractive to insects. Wow!
Mosquito larvae can sometimes live safely inside a Pitcher Plant's digestive fluid. Wow!
Some giant Pitcher Plants can catch small frogs or even mice! Wow!
The waxy coating on the pitcher's rim is so slippery, it's like an ice slide for bugs! Wow!
特殊能力
能力
Sticky Nectar Trap
Pitcher Plant has sweet, intoxicating nectar that lures unsuspecting insects to its slippery rim, making them fall into its deep trap.
能力
Digestive Pool
Pitcher Plant can fill its pitcher with rainwater and digestive fluids, dissolving captured insects into a nutritious liquid meal.
能力
Downward Hairs
Pitcher Plant has downward-pointing hairs inside its pitcher that make it nearly impossible for trapped insects to climb back out.
サイズと詳細
- 高さ
- 15-100 cm
- 広がり
- 20-60 cm
- 花の大きさ
- 3-10 cm
- 開花時期
- Late spring to late summer
- 食用
- いいえ
- 毒性
- なし
- ライフサイクル
- 多年生
- 受粉方法
- 昆虫
生態系とのつながり
eaten by
Allegheny Mound Ant
Formica exsectoides
Frequently lured and trapped
pollinates
Common Eastern Bumblebee
Bombus impatiens
Visits unique flowers for nectar
symbiotic with
Pitcher Plant Mosquito
Wyeomyia smithii
Larvae thrive inside the pitcher fluid
特徴
別名
まだ別名はありません。
安全性
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
Admire Pitcher Plants from a distance and never try to touch or disturb them.
よくある質問
Pitcher Plantの高さは何ですか？
15-100 cm
Pitcher Plantの広がりは何ですか？
20-60 cm
Pitcher Plantの花の大きさは何ですか？
3-10 cm
Pitcher Plantの開花時期は何ですか？
Late spring to late summer
Pitcher Plantの食用は何ですか？
いいえ
Pitcher Plantの毒性は何ですか？
なし
Pitcher Plantのライフサイクルは何ですか？
多年生
Pitcher Plantの受粉方法は何ですか？
昆虫
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