Carnivorous Plants of the World Trivia Word Search

Drosera _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, the Cape sundew, is one of the easiest carnivorous plants for beginners to grow.

This pitcher plant, found only in a small pocket of southwestern Australia, has traps shaped like tiny moccasins.

Nepenthes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is unusual among pitcher plants for lacking a well-developed rim around its trap opening.

Sarracenia _ _ _ _ _, the smallest species in its genus, hides a dome-like lid over a short pitcher.

Nepenthes _ _ _ _ _ _ is one of the most variable pitcher plant species, ranging from New Guinea to Sulawesi.

Drosera _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a tuberous Australian sundew whose round, umbrella-shaped leaf sits atop a wiry stem.

Nepenthes _ _ _ _ _ _ _, a rare New Guinea pitcher plant, has hooded pitchers with a see-through back that fools flying insects.

Sarracenia _ _ _ _ _ has a tall yellow-green pitcher and a nodding lid that keeps out rain.

Utricularia _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is one of the largest bladderwort species, floating in ponds across the Americas.

Brocchinia _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a carnivorous bromeliad that traps insects in a water-filled central pitfall of leaves.

This continent is home to more native carnivorous plant species than any other, including dozens of sundews.

Pinguicula _ _ _ _ _ _ is a Mexican butterwort prized by collectors for its symmetrical rosette shape.

Pinguicula _ _ _ _ _ _, the alpine butterwort, grows in cold mountain regions of Europe and bears white flowers.

Drosera _ _ _ _ _ _, the forked-leaf sundew, splits each leaf tip into two sticky prongs.

Touching two tiny trigger _ _ _ _ _ inside a Venus flytrap's lobes within about 20 seconds makes it snap shut.

The Venus flytrap and the aquatic waterwheel plant both slam hinged lobes shut in this fast-acting trap type.

Sarracenia _ _ _ _ _ has slender, deep-red pitchers and thrives in the wetlands of the southeastern US.

Aldrovanda vesiculosa is nicknamed the water _ _ _ _ _ plant for its spoke-like whorls of tiny traps.

Byblis _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is called the rainbow plant for the way its sticky, dew-covered leaves glisten in sunlight.

Heliamphora _ _ _ _ _ _, the marsh pitcher plant, was the first sun pitcher species described to science.

Drosera _ _ _ _ _ _, the lance-leaved sundew, grows in shady rainforests of Queensland, Australia.

Pitcher plants like Nepenthes and Sarracenia lure prey into a deep, slippery-walled chamber: a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ trap.

Byblis _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, an Australian rainbow plant, has extremely thin, thread-like sticky leaves.

Nepenthes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ produces slender, elegantly speckled pitchers and is popular with collectors.

Roridula _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, a South African flypaper plant, relies on assassin bugs to eat the insects it traps.

The Venus flytrap's scientific name is Dionaea _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Nepenthes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ grows on Bornean limestone cliffs and has finely toothed pitcher rims.

Roridula _ _ _ _ _ _ _, a South African flypaper plant, can't digest its own prey without help from resident bugs.

Found in Portugal and Morocco, this plant traps insects with sticky, unmoving leaves despite growing in dry soil.

Named for a Bornean king, Nepenthes _ _ _ _ _ is a giant pitcher plant big enough to drown rats and shrews.

Genlisea _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is among the smallest corkscrew plants, forming a tiny rosette just centimeters wide.

Genlisea's spiraled underground tubes work like a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ pot, letting prey enter but not easily leave.

Nepenthes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is one of the most widespread tropical pitcher plants, found across Southeast Asia.

Utricularia _ _ _ _ _ _, common in Asian rice paddies, produces tiny yellow flowers on thin stalks.

Nepenthes _ _ _ _ _ _'s lid presses nearly flat against its small pitcher's mouth instead of arching upward.

Pinguicula _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, the common butterwort, uses greasy-feeling sticky leaves to trap gnats.

Drosera _ _ _ _ _ _ _, a South African sundew, forms neat, ground-hugging rosettes of reddish leaves.

Nepenthes _ _ _ _ _ _'s pitcher rim bristles with hooked, tooth-like spines curving inward toward the trap.

Utricularia _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is an aquatic bladderwort native to Australia's shallow ponds and ditches.

Genlisea _ _ _ _ _ has bright yellow flowers atop underground traps shaped like spiral eel pots.

Utricularia _ _ _ _ _ _ bears small lavender flowers and is often considered a weed in cultivated plant collections.

Philcoxia _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, discovered in Brazil, traps tiny worms using sticky underground leaves.

Utricularia _ _ _ _ _ is a free-floating aquatic bladderwort with no roots at all.

Sundew leaves are covered in sticky, movable hair-like structures that curl around trapped insects, called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Genlisea _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ produces small violet flowers above its corkscrew-shaped underground trap leaves.

Sarracenia _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is one of the rarest pitcher plants, found in just a few Alabama bogs.

Sarracenia _ _ _ _ _ _ _, the mountain sweet pitcher plant, survives only in a few Carolina bog sites today.

Drosera _ _ _ _ _ _ _, a South African sundew, has vivid red, strap-shaped leaves in a neat rosette.

Drosera _ _ _ _ _ _, native to India and Australia, has slender leaves and tiny white flowers.

Drosera _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, a compact Australian sundew, forms a tidy rosette of tiny spoon-shaped leaves.

Most carnivorous plants grow in nutrient-poor, waterlogged, acidic wetlands known as these.

Heliamphora _ _ _ _ _ is named for the explorer who first collected sun pitchers on a remote tepui summit.

Nepenthes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ has pitchers so squared-off in cross-section they look almost man-made.

Nepenthes _ _ _ _ _, one of the first pitcher plant species described to science, has a winged leaf stalk.

Heliamphora _ _ _ _ _ _, a giant sun pitcher, can grow pitchers taller than half a meter.

Pitcher plants are described as this type of trap, since they catch prey without any moving parts.

Nepenthes _ _ _ _ _ grows small, egg-shaped lower pitchers on the slopes of Sumatran volcanoes.

Pinguicula _ _ _ _ _ is a bright yellow-flowered butterwort native to the southeastern United States.

Sarracenia _ _ _ _ _ has soft pink flowers and sweetly-scented pitchers, unlike most of its foul-smelling kin.

Heliamphora _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is named for Cerro de la Neblina, the misty mountain massif on the Venezuela-Brazil border where it grows.

Nepenthes pitchers earn the nickname '_ _ _ _ _ _ cups' because these primates have been seen sipping rainwater from them.

The Venus flytrap is native to only a tiny wild range along the border of North and South _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Nepenthes _ _ _ _ _, found on Mount Kinabalu, catches falling tree-shrew droppings in its upper pitchers.

Nepenthes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ has thin, delicate pitchers and a slender climbing stem.

Sundews and butterworts trap prey with sticky glandular hairs, a trap type named for an old insect strip.

Darlingtonia californica is nicknamed the _ _ _ _ _ lily for its hooded, forked-tongue-like appendage.

Carnivorous plants evolved to trap animals mainly to supplement this scarce soil nutrient, along with phosphorus.

Utricularia species suck prey through a trapdoor into a vacuum-powered structure called a _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

Genlisea _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lures tiny soil organisms into spiraled underground leaves they can enter but not exit.

This English naturalist wrote the 1875 book 'Insectivorous Plants,' the first scientific study of the group.

Byblis _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a rainbow plant adapted to seasonally dry parts of northern Australia.

Pinguicula _ _ _ _ _ _ _, a Mexican butterwort favored by growers, has striking pink-red flowers.

Drosera _ _ _ _ _ _ _, the great sundew, has narrow upright leaves and grows across the Northern Hemisphere.

Drosera _ _ _ _ _ _ _, from South Africa, has neat rosettes and is one of the hardier sundews to cultivate.

Drosera _ _ _ _ _, the king sundew, can grow leaves over a meter long in the wild.

Drosera _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a fast-growing tropical sundew often used to control gnats in greenhouses.

Heliamphora _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is covered in fine hairs and grows on South American tabletop mountains called tepuis.

Many carnivorous plants digest trapped prey using these protein-dissolving chemicals, much like a stomach's.

Pinguicula _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, popular with growers, has vivid pink to purple flowers and a compact leaf rosette.

Nepenthes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ grows at high elevation on Borneo and has unusually hairy, shaggy pitcher lids.