Purple Pitcherplant

Sarracenia purpurea

Single, velvety, 2.5" red-purple or greenish purple flowers hang down on single stem. Evergreen leaves slender at base, widening at middle; green, variegated or suffused with reddish purple; wide mouth lid; deep red with prominent veining of the hood; downward pointing spines line the throat. This plant also feeds on spiders, mites and even small frogs.