Definition of California pitcher plant

1. Noun. Marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings below.

Exact synonyms: Darlingtonia Californica
Generic synonyms: Pitcher Plant
Group relationships: Darlingtonia, Genus Darlingtonia

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Literary usage of California pitcher plant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"... CALIFORNIA PITCHER-PLANT. CALF'S-HEAD. Darlingtonia Californica, Torr. Pitcher-plant Family. Bog plants, with long horizontal rootstocks. Leaves. ..."

2. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1876)
"Mr. Edwards spoke of his recent trip to Mt. Shasta, particularly with reference to the California " Pitcher Plant," (Dar- ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Wilhelm Miller, Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"The California pitcher plant is described under Darlingtonia. The favorite Pitcher Plants of greenhouses are Nepenthes. ..."

4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"... traveling through the Sierra Nevada mountains, the writer came across a wonderful curiosity in the plant line, known as the California pitcher plant ..."

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