Purple Pitcher Plant is a carnivorous plant of sphagnum bogs and fens that traps insects in water-filled, downward-facing hairs inside its pitchers. It is the provincial plant of Newfoundland. The pitchers also support a unique community of organisms including specialized mosquito larvae and protists that live nowhere else. Its solitary dark red flower is pollinated by bumblebees.
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The best time to see a Purple Pitcher Plant is April–July, when about 63% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 24,668 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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