What is Triantha occidentalis?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Triantha occidentalis'' | image = Triantha occidentalis.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | phylum = [[flowering plant|Angiosperm]] | classis = [[monocotyledon|Monocot]] | ordo = [[Alismatales]] | familia = Tofieldiaceae | genus = ''Triantha'' | species = '''''T. occidentalis''''' | binomial = ''Triantha occidentalis'' | binomial_authority = (S.Watson) R.R.Gates | synonyms = ''Tofieldia occidentalis'' <small>S.Watson</small> }} '''''Triantha occidentalis''''' is a [[species]] of [[carnivorous plant]] which grows in the [[Pacific Northwest]]. It catches and [[digest]]s insects with sticky hairs on its stems.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.sciencenews.org/article/wildflower-carnivore-plant-sticky-hair-insect-trap |title = A well-known wildflower turns out to be a secret carnivore |last = Chambers |first = Jaime |date= 18 August 2021 |website = ScienceNews |access-date = 25 February 2024}}</ref> There are three different kinds, or [[subspecies]], of ''T. occidentalis'': those with thinner [[seed]]s and stickier hairs are the subspecies (written subsp.) ''montana'', those with groups of flowers in a [[sphere|spherical]] shape are subsp. ''occidentalis'', and those with groups of flowers in a pill shape, occurring more inland, are subsp. ''brevistyla''.<ref name=eflora>{{Cite web |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101980 | access-date = 2024-02-17 | title= ''Triantha occidentalis'' in Flora of North America on efloras.org |website=www.efloras.org |volume = 26 |page = 62}}</ref> ==Description== ''T. occidentalis'' only grows a few leaves, as many as three and as few as none. These leaves grow in tufts from the ground, and can be up to {{convert|80|cm|abbr=on}} long. During its flowering season, stems grow from the bases of these tufts, and flowers grow at the ends of these stems. The stems have sticky hairs to catch and digest insects. It can have as many as 45 white or yellowish flowers, which grow in round clumps called an [[in