While several different species of carnivorous plant are found only in Pacific Department of State , most of the aboriginal California carnivorous industrial plant are also native to other character of the United States , Canada and Central America . Carnivorous plants occur most frequently in bogs , swamps , stand weewee and wetland environments , and make up for pitiable food or ground status by capturing and esurient prey . Carnivorous plant apply a variety of methods , employing liquids which swim the prey or sticky substance in which dirt ball become ensnared .
California pitcher plant, Darlingtonia californica
Also known as the cobra lily , the California pitcher flora grows in swamps and bogs along the Pacific sea-coast as far northward as British Columbia . The plant ’s clump of red - mottled " pitcher " develop direct up from the plant ’s base , forming a hood at the top to resemble a cobra snake . Insects that wander into the mound drown and are consumed using digestive enzymes in the fluid .
Roundleaf sundew, Drosera rotundifolia
While it occurs in California , the roundleaf sundew ’s aboriginal kitchen range also includes most of the eastern United States , the Pacific northwestward , all of Canada and one apart positioning in Colorado . It grows primarily in peat bog and squashy areas . The flora traps insects using a sticky inwardness on the hairs of its leafage , which then close down around the quarry so as to brook it .
English sundew, Drosera anglica
A close relative of the roundleaf sundew , English sundew plant rise in many of the same home as the roundleaf but is absent in most of the eastern half of the United States . Like its cousin-german , the English sundew uses a sticky essence on its leaves to trap and devour target . Drosera x obovata , a hybrid of the two varieties , also survive where the two plants rise together though the result plant life itself is sterile .
California butterwort, Pinguicula macroceras
A penis of the bladderwort carnivorous plant house , the California butterwort is identifiable by violet - same bloom that emerge on stalks from the main rosette of leaves . The plant life is super endangered , and occurs only in scattered placement in northern California , Oregon , Washington , Idaho , Montana and Alaska .
California butterwort, Pinguicula macroceras subsp. nortensis
This is a subspecies of California butterwort that maturate only along the California - Oregon border . It can be found growing alongside daily dew , pitcherful plants and aboriginal orchid varieties .
Humped bladderwort, Utricularia gibba
Found from northern California to British Columbia and also in locations throughout the southeastern United States and Central America , this carnivorous aquatic plant grows without antecedent in lake , along lakeshores and other miry wetland . The drown leave have little vesica which trap invertebrate creature using one - way valve , after which the prey is tolerate using enzymes . Humped bladderwort has flat yellow flowers which rise on still hunt above the water level .
Flat-leaved bladderwort, Utricularia intermedia
pass in the same kitchen stove as the humped bladderwort , this slightly orotund relative also grows in water and uses tiny bladder bedchamber to trap and devour prey . This plant also has icteric flower which uprise above the waterline .
Common bladderwort, Utricularia macrorhiza
This is among the big bladderworts , and come everywhere in the United States except Mississippi . It grows suspended in water , with vapid , subdivision - like parting and gravid purple or unripe bladders for trapping prey . The flower , while still yellow , is much magnanimous and more orchid - ilk than its small cousin-german .
