Habitat:

Bogs

Location relative to water:

Rooted onshore

*Note -

This Plant is carnivorous! Insects falling into the vase-like leaves cannot escape due to inward pointing hairs and are digested by fluids contained within theleaves

Leaves:

• Hollow, vase-like
• Curved and upright from base of plant
• Tapered to short petiole at base
• 10-20 cm long (4-8 inches), 1.0-5.0 cm wide (0.4-2.0 inches)
• Green or veined with red-purple
• Winged
• Smooth on outside
• Downward-pointing hairs on upper part of inside

Flowers:

• 5.0-6.0 cm wide (2.0-2.4 inches)
• Grow singly on ends of leafless stalks 30-60 cm long (12-24 inches)
• Perfect
• Five sepals and petals
• Dark-red purple

Fruit:

• Five-chambered capsule
• Numerous small seeds