Carnivorous Plants
- ISBN-10
- 0262690896
- ISBN-13
- 9780262690898
- Series
- Carnivorous Plants
- Category
- Carnivorous plants
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Author
- Adrian Slack
Description
Explores a variety of carnivorous plants, discussing how they entice, catch, and digest their prey and provides instructions on how to cultivate them.
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