Plant Identification

MALOUF@ESTD.NRL.NAVY.MIL
Wed, 23 Jun 1993 20:14:06 -0400 (EDT)

A co-worker was describing to me a (carnivorous?) plant which
he saw on a TV nature special. I couldn't figure out what it was from
his description, but I thought someone in this group might figure it out.

He claims that the plant had canoe-shaped leaves, long and thin
with raised sides, which grew outward along the ground from a central
rosette. The inner surface of the leaves (hollow of the canoe) had
fine hairs which pointed toward the rosette--the surface was covered
with these hairs. Ants would wander into the leaves and find that they
could not walk in any direction besides toward the center of the
rosette. Once there they would be trapped and digested.

At first I thought this might be a type of butterwort. He
wasn't sure but didn't think it was a butterwort. Any ideas?

Perry Malouf