Noun: common pitcher plant
- Perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland
"The common pitcher plant traps insects in its modified leaves";
- huntsman's cup, huntsman's cups, Sarracenia purpurea
Derived forms: common pitcher plants
Type of: pitcher plant
Part of: genus Sarracenia, Sarracenia