Because carnivorous plants grow in soggy , nutrient - inadequate soil or water , they have prepare methods to pin down and digest dirt ball . These flora might sound as though they are rare and tropical , but there are more than 600 variety of carnivorous plants , 14 of which produce in Texas .
Pale Pitcher Plant
The pale pitcher plant ( Sarracenia alata ) is a very slender and grandiloquent plant that can reach heights of 26 inches or more . It has lily-livered - green leaf with cherry veins and produces pale xanthous flower . It is a booby trap plant life , which mean its leaves curl to farm deep pool of digestive enzyme . The top of the trap is covered with a waxy layer that prevents insects from escaping . It grows in bogs , swamp and other plastered area .
Small Butterwort
The small or gnome butterwort ( Pinguicula pumila ) grows about 4 inches high , with a slenderly smaller breadth . Its yellow - green coil farewell are covered with small hairs and a thick , sticky gum that it use to becharm insects . It farm in moist areas in candid expanse and in thin Wood .
Sundew
Although only two varieties of sundew are get hold in Texas , they are very different from each other . The dwarf sundew plant ( Drosera brevifolia ) has wedge - shaped leaf and is red or scarlet - purple in color . The pink sundew ( Drosera capillaris ) has spoon - regulate leaves and look red in strong sun but burnt lime - green with red tentacles under normal light . Both species are small ( about 2 to 3 inches all-encompassing ) and flat and grow in bogs or wet areas . leaf are covered with hairy tentacles that secrete a sticky fluid that the industrial plant uses to catch its target . Once caught , the foliage of the daily dew will lento coil around the insect in purchase order to endure it .
Bladderworts
Bladderworts can be found grow in the water or in very wet soil . They are rootless and free - float plant that range in size from a few column inch to a few feet grandiloquent . Above the surface , they produce tiny flowers on tall stalks in a variety of colors , usually yellow or violet . However , it is below the Earth’s surface that the carnivorous action pass off . Bladderworts have bantam bladder attach to their farewell that , when triggered by sensitive hair , suck in their prey .
Ten multifariousness of bladderwort can be found in Texas : leafy ( U. foliosa L. ) , southern ( U. juncea ) , tusk ( U. cornuta Michx . ) , humped ( U. gibba L. ) , swollen ( U. inflata Walter ) , usual ( U. macrorhiza ) , easterly imperial ( U. purpurea ) , small floating ( U. radiata Small ) , striped ( U. striata ) , and zigzag ( U. subulata L. ) .
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