This pitcher plant species sets its deathtraps underground
Scientists didn’t expect the eggplant-shaped pitchers to be subterranean survivors
![side-by-side images of pitcher plants growing under a moss matt and under tree roots](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/070522_MR_pitcher-plants.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
A pitcher plant discovered in a rainforest in Borneo uses underground traps grown under a moss mat (left) and in a cavity under tree roots (right) to catch prey.
M. Dančák et al/Phytokeys 2022