Australian pitcher plant

Japanese: フクロユキノシタ（英語表記）Australian pitcher plant

A perennial carnivorous plant of one genus and one species in the family Psaccaceae that lays its head-shaped insect sac on the ground surface and catches small animals in a pitfall-like manner (illustration). A species endemic to Western Australia. The stem does not grow above ground, but branches and develops underground, measuring 3-30 cm long and 3-4 mm in diameter. The leaves develop in a rosette shape, with lanceolate or circular blades 1-4 cm long, 0.5-2.5 cm wide, and covered with long soft hairs. The petiole is 0.5-2.5 cm long. The insect sac is 3-4 cm high, green or red, and has three well-developed fin-like wings with numerous soft hairs on the outside.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

頭状の捕虫袋を地表面に横たえ，落し穴式に小動物を捕らえる，フクロユキノシタ科1属1種の多年生食虫植物（イラスト）。西オーストラリア州の特産種。　茎は地上には伸びず，地下で分枝発達し，長さ3～30cm，直径3～4mm。葉はロゼツト状に展開し，葉身は披針形または円形，長さ1～4cm，幅0.5～2.5cm，長い軟毛をもつ。葉柄は長さ0.5～2.5cm。捕虫袋は高さ3～4cm，緑色または赤色，外側に多数の軟毛をもつ3本の発達したひれ状の翼がある。

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