DCHP-3

pitcher plant

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an herb, Sarracenia purpurea, whose leaves form into pitcher-shaped receptacles that entrap insects, adopted as the floral emblem of Newfoundland.

Quotations

1819
Another still more remarkable plant, found in the woods of Newfoundland, is the Saracenia, commonly called side-saddle flower, or pitcher-plant.
1898
Our days were spent driving about among the hills, or strolling through the maple woods, or down into the swamp, where the pitcher plants and the swamp lilies and the marigold waved above the deep moss.
1965
Newfoundland: The Pitcher Plant was recommended by Queen Victoria, adopted in 1954.