Create an informative flier on a plant of your choice. You must include a picture and information about your plant in your assignment. You need to make your assignment aesthically pleasing and you need to cite the sources of your information on your assignment. Everyone in the class needs to pick a different plant. Some interesting plants are listed below along with some sites that you can use to get your information. You can think of your own plant and do a search on or some other search engine. You may need to do a search even if you use one the below ideas.

  • Required Info:
  • Plant name (common & scientific)
  • Monocot or Dicot
  • Unique features of the plant (color, smell, how gets food)
  • Where the plant typically grows
  • Use your words (not copy and paste)

Arisaema (Jack-in-the-pulpits), Aristolochiagigantea) ("Brazilian Dutchman's pipe)

Dutchman's pipe"), Mimosa ("Sensitive plants"), Paphiopedilum ("Slipper orchids"), Rafflesia (That big huge flower-thing), Sauromatum,, Amorphophallus, etc. (Stinky aroids), Stapelia, etc. (Stinky asclepiads), Ant plants (Dischidia, etc.), Parasitic plants, Saprophytic plants

Indian almond (Sterculia foetida)

"palanco" (Sapranthus palanga)

Stapelia asterias

lantern stinkhorn (Lysurus mokusin)

Yellow skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanum)

dragon arum (Dracunculus vulgaris)

dead-horse arum" (Helicodiceros muscivorus)

"corpse flower" (Amorphophallus titanum)

- sundews (Drosera), butterworts (Pinguicula), bladderworts (Utriularia), Sarracenia and lots more!

- Byblis (Rainbow Plant), Cephalotus (Australian Pitcher Plant), Darlingtonia (Cobra Lilly), Drosera (Sundews), Nepenthes (Tropical Pitcher Plants), Pinguicula (Butterworts), Sarracenia (Trumpet Pitcher Plants)

Cephalotus (West Australian Pitcher Plant), Drosera (Sundews), Nepenthes (Tropical Pitcher Plants), Pinguicula (Butterworts), Sarrencia (North American Pitcher Plants), Utricularia (Bladderworts)

Nepenthes (Tropical Pitcher Plants), Drosera (Sundews), Cephalotus (West Australian Pitcher Plant), Utricularia (Bladderworts), Pinquicula (Butterwort), Darlingtonia californica (Cobra lily), Sarrencia (North American Pitcher Plants)

Drosera(sundew), Utricularia(bladderwort), Aldrovanda vesiculosa (water-wheel plant),Genlisea hispidula (lobster-pot plant)

Pitcher plants, sundews, butterworts, bladderworts

to the bottom) Cephalotus, Darlingonia, Drosera, Heliamphora, Nepenthes, Pinguicula, Sarracenia, Utricularia

Aldrovanda (Waterwheel Plant), Byblis (Rainbow Plant), Cephalotus (Albany Pitcher Plant), Darlingtonia (Cobra Lily), Dionaea (Venus Flytrap), Drosera I: General Comments (Sundews), Drosera II: Pygmy Sundews, Drosera III: Tuberous Sundews, Drosophyllum (Portuguese Dewy Pine), Genlisea (Corkscrew Plant), Heliamphora (Sun Pitchers), Nepenthes (Tropical Pitcher Plants), Pinguicula I: Overview and Mexican species (Butterworts) , Pinguicula II: Southeast USA Butterworts, Pinguicula III: Boreal Butterworts, Polypompholyx (Fairy Aprons)
Sarracenia I (North American Pitcher Plant species overview), Sarracenia II (Sarracenia flava in detail), Sarracenia III (Sarracenia minor in detail), Sarracenia IV (Sarracenia purpurea in detail), Sarracenia V (Sarracenia rubra in detail), Sarracenia VI (Rare North American Pitcher Plants), Sarracenia VII (North American Pitcher Plant hybrids), Triphyophyllum, Utricularia I (Bladderworts overview) , Utricularia II (terrestrial Bladderworts) , Utricularia III (aquatic Bladderworts) , Utricularia IV (subaffixed Bladderworts) , Utricularia V (epiphytic Bladderworts) Bromeliads, Capsella (Shepherd's Purse), Hepatics (Liverworts), Ibicella (Devil's Claw), Paepalanthus, Passiflora (Passion Flower), Roridula


Byblis gigantea /
Darlingtonia /
Darlingtonia

Dionaea /
Dionaea /
Drosera paleacea /
Drosera binata dichotoma

Genlisea /
Genlisea pygmaea /
Heliamphora tatei /
Heliamphora minor

Nepenthes bicalcarata /
Nepenthes x mixta /
Pinguicula longifolia /
Pinguicula moranensis

Sarracenia flava /
Sarracenia x moorei /
Utricularia alpina /
Utricularia intermedia