This Sweet White Flower Is Actually A Sneaky Carnivore, Scientists Discover
Carnivorous plants are rare, but now botanists say they've found one that's long been overlooked. It lives just outside Vancouver, British Columbia, and in other parts of the Pacific Northwest.
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, , 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, according to researchers who it's the first new carnivorous plant to be discovered in about 20 years.
