The Plant Kingdom

Plants have specific structures that help them survive, grow and produce more plants. There are distinct environments in the world that support different types of plants.
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Wild Indigo | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)
Wild Indigo | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)

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• Baptista tinctoria • Smooth, bushy perennial 90 cm (3 feet) tall • Numerous elongated terminal clusters of yellow pea-like flowers • Flowers 1.3 cm (0.5 inches) long • Leaves palmately compound •...
Venus Flytrap | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)
Venus Flytrap | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)

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Dionaea muscipula Unique to the two Carolinas Endangered Carnivorous plant 10 - 30 cm (4 - 12 inches) tall with white flowers cluster atop leafless stalk Stalk rises above rosette of bristly, folded...
Trumpet Pitcher Plant | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)
Trumpet Pitcher Plant | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)

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Sarracenia flava Carnivorous plant 60 - 90 cm (2 - 3 feet) with nodding, brown-red flowers Clusters of erect, hollow, pitcher-like leaves Leaves colored at top with red-purple veins on white...
Toothache Grass | Carthweel Bay (S.C.)
Toothache Grass | Carthweel Bay (S.C.)

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Ctenium aromaticum • Tufted perennial • Does well in pine savannahs • Base contains old fibrous leaf bases • Fresh herbage and inflorescence, when bruised or crushed • Very aromatic like citrus •...
Sweet Pitcher Plant | Carthweel Bay (S.C.)
Sweet Pitcher Plant | Carthweel Bay (S.C.)

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Sarracenia rubra • Carnivorous plant • Slender, erect trumpet • 10 - 50 cm (4 - 20 inches) tall • Foliage green-veined with red • Very fragrant flowers like English Violets • Habitats include sandy...
Sundew | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)
Sundew | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)

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• Drosera rotundifolia • Insectivorous herb • White flowers in elongated, one-sided cluster • Flowers on leafless stalk rise above rosette of small, reddish, sticky basal leaves • Radially symmetrical...
Purple Pitcher Plant | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)
Purple Pitcher Plant | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)

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Sarracenia purpurea Carnivorous herb 50 cm tall Also called Hunter's Horn Large, solitary red-purple-green flower appears atop long stalk in mid to late spring Trumpet-shaped hollow leaves with...
Orange Milkwort | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)
Orange Milkwort | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)

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• Polygala lutea • Compact, head-like clusters of brilliant orange flowers 6 mm (0.25 inches) long • Leafy, simple or branched stems • 5 sepals with 2 larger lateral ones forming petal-like "wings" •...
Meadow Beauty | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)
Meadow Beauty | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)

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• Rhexia virginica • Height 30 - 60 cm (1 - 2 feet) • Pink flowers in broad, terminal clusters on sturdy 4-sided, slightly winged stem • Flowers 2.5 - 3.8 cm (1 - 1.5 inches) wide • 4 petals with...
Fleabane | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)
Fleabane | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)

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• Erigeron annus • White composite flower • Tufted white weed • Member Sunflower Family • Name originated in belief that dried flowers could rid fleas • Erect stem covered with spreading hairs bearing...