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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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Canada Violet | Appalachian Cove (S.C.) | NatureScene

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Canada Violet | Appalachian Cove (S.C.) | NatureScene
• Viola canadensis • Related to northern violets • Fragrant flower • Flowers are white inside, purple-tinged outside with yellow base • Heart-shaped, finally-toothed leaves • Slender purple stalks •...
Blue Cohosh | Appalachian Cove (S.C.) | NatureScene

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Blue Cohosh | Appalachian Cove (S.C.) | NatureScene
Blue Cohosh • Cimicifuga racemosa • Related to Mayapple • Large plant with clusters of small flowers • No petals • Numerous stamens in a tuft • Single pistil • Blue fruit • Unpleasant odor repels...
Bellwort | Appalachian Cove (S.C.) | NatureScene

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Bellwort | Appalachian Cove (S.C.) | NatureScene
Uvularia perfoli • Height 4 - 7 cm (1 - 3 inches) • Common woodland wildflower • Drooping, bright yellow, bell-shaped flowers • Belongs to Lily family • Perfoliate leaves • Stem appears to pierce...
Wild Indigo | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)

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Wild Indigo | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)
• 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.)

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Venus Flytrap | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)
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.)

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Trumpet Pitcher Plant | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)
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.)

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Toothache Grass | Carthweel Bay (S.C.)
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.)

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Sweet Pitcher Plant | Carthweel Bay (S.C.)
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.)

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Sundew | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)
• 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.)

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Purple Pitcher Plant | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)
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...