Sarracenia purpurea, a low-growing pitcher plant species native to North America

The North American continent is home to a wide variety of carnivorous plant species. Species from seven genera are native to the continent, and three of these genera are found nowhere else on the planet.

Fly trapped by Dionaea muscipula

Limonia fly trapped by Drosera filiformis

Collembola (Dicyrtomina minuta) trapped inside a leaf of Sarracenia purpurea

Pinguicula caerulea

Utricularia juncea

Genera and species

References

1. "North American Carnivorous Plant Fact Sheet" (PDF). 5 December 2004. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
2. "The Carnivorous Plant FAQ: What carnivorous plants live in Mexico?". sarracenia.com. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
3. "The Carnivorous Plant FAQ: North American Drosera". sarracenia.com. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
4. Taylor, Peter (1991). "Utricularia in North America north of Mexico" (PDF). Carnivorous Plant Newsletter. 20 (1–2): 8–14. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
5. Taylor, Peter (1991). "Notes on distribution of North American Utricularia" (PDF). Carnivorous Plant Newsletter. 20 (1–2): 14–20. Retrieved 16 December 2015.