One aspect of carnivores that really fascinates me are all the mechanisms used for luring and trapping a meal. Just as an example – these downward pointing hairs on the hood of this Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa v. burkii f. luteola make for a slippery foothold and make for an even harder time for the meal to escape. Food falls into the pit and a hairy situation serves as a obstacle for said meal. Just one of the things that make these plants so redonculously flippin’ awesome.
[Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa var. burkii f. luteola - leaf detail]
Would that be considered pubescence
Hi Meg! LOL! Technically, I guess
there are a whole bunch of pubescent Sarracenia though! Yeah, there are some pitchers that are like… fuzzy!