A well-known wildflower turns out to be a secret carnivore
Triantha occidentalis sets a deathtrap for small insects just beneath its flower
![a yellow and white Triantha occidentalis flower](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/081221_jc_carnivorous-plant_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
This wildflower, Triantha occidentalis, growing in Cypress Provincial Park in British Columbia, Canada, has sticky hairs on its stem that it uses to trap and digest small insects.
Danilo Lima