...also called the California pitcher plant, cobra lily, or cobra plant, is a species of carnivorous plant. Quite rare it seems; native to southern Oregon and northern California. The plants entice insects into their pitcher-shaped traps with an offering of sugary nectar on their long leafy fangs. Insects that land on the plants gorge on the nectar, which leads them to the cobra lillies’ downward facing openings.Once inside a cobra lily, insects become confused by the light shining down through the transparent windows -- called fenestrations -- at the top of the chamber. Insects are drawn to light, but the false exits only serve to confuse and tire the plant’s prey. The entrance to the pitcher curls into the chamber obscuring the only way out.
