why do pitcher plants have modified leaves
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Pitcher plant grow in soil which has lack of nutrients. Therefore leaves of this plant are turned to spines in order to catch insect and complete their nutrients demands.
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in a Pitcher plant each leaf is modified into a pitcher like structure with the lid on the top. Here is present inside the pitcher when an insect sits on the pitcher the lid closes to trap the insect it gets entangled in the hair of the pitcher and is killed by the digestive juices secreted inside the pitcher....
kris9:
question is why do they have spines
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