Sarracenia
Sarracenia (/ˌsærəˈsiːniə/ or
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Scientific classification 
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Sarracenia Media
Sarracenia trap insects using pitchers with nectar and slippery footing around the lip
The anatomy of S. purpurea
Collembola (Dicyrtomina minuta) caught inside S. purpurea
Cutaway view of a Sarracenia flower
Sarracenia alata flowers
A field with S. leucophylla. Scenes such as this used to be common in the coastal plains of the southeast US.
Sarracenia purpurea pitchers at Brown's Lake Bog, Ohio.
A flowering specimen of the highly variable Sarracenia purpurea
Sarracenia alabamensis ssp. wherryi (6081337228)
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/ˌsærəˈsɛniə/) is a genus of 8 to 11 species of carnivorous plants. They are often called trumpet pitchers. The genus is in the family Sarraceniaceae. That family also contains Darlingtonia and Heliamphora.
In the wild, Sarracenia grows around the East Coast of the United States, Texas, the Great Lakes area and southeast Canada. Most species grow only in the southeast United States. Only S. purpurea can live in cold places. The plant's leaves have evolved into a funnel in order to trap insects. The plant digests its food with proteases and other enzymes.