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Sundew: The Sticky Plant with a Killer InstinctThe sundew may look delicate, but it’s a deadly predator in the plant world. Covered in glistening, sticky tentacles, this carnivorous plant lures unsuspecting insects with its sweet nectar before ...
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Darwin's favourite plant displays tentacle trickA carnivorous plant that fascinated Charles Darwin is able to increase its number of "tentacles" when nutrients from the ground are scarce, researchers say. The round-leaved sundew can therefore ...
In 1860, soon after he encountered his first carnivorous plant—the sundew Drosera—on an English heath, the author of Origin of Species wrote, "I care more about Drosera than the origin of all ...
Carnivorous plants can be found on every continent except Antarctica and there are many species native to the UK including sundews, butterworts and bladderworts. Common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris ...
Besides the moss, peat also grows this beautiful purple heather and these crazy carnivorous plants - the butterwort and… CONNOR: Sundew! Oh yes. The peat doesn’t have all the nutrients plants ...
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