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“A pretty little white flower that grows near urban centers of the Pacific Northwest turns out to be a killer. The bog-dwelling western false asphodel, Triantha occidentalis, was first described in the scientific literature in 1879. But until now, no one realized this sweet-looking plant used its sticky stem to catch and digest insects […]. [I]t’s the first new carnivorous plant to be discovered in about 20 years. […] Fewer than 1,000 plant species are carnivorous […]. All the other known carnivorous plants capture prey with the help of modified leaves […]. “Nobody would be looking at a flower stalk as the primary mode of carnivory […].” The whole experience has left Graham [botanist at University of British Columbia, lead researcher of the project] wondering what else is out there secretly eating insects. After all, it’s not that uncommon for plants to have sticky stems […]. “I suspect,” Graham says, “that there might be more carnivorous plants out there than we think.” [Source: Nell Greenfieldboyce. “This Sweet White Flower Is Actually A Sneaky Carnivore, Scientists Discover.” NPR - All Things Considered. 9 August 2021.]

From NPR, 9 August 2021:

Amazing. Most carnivorous plants that we know of have some weird shape to keep the flowers away from the leaves, so that pollinators don’t get eaten; see, e.g., the Venus fly trap:

And the pitcher plant:

But this Triantha occidentalis, it throws all that out the window. It puts its prey-capturing organs in the same place as its flowers, and it uses the size of the insect to discern pollinator from prey: larger insects, like bees, wasps, butterflies, and moths, are strong enough that the sticky traps don’t capture them, while it does capture midges and gnats.

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