Darwin’s “most wonderful plants in the world”.

Drosera figure from Darwin - Insectivorous Plants
Image from Insectivorous Plants (Darwin, 1875). Taken from: The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

I think that it is safe to say that Darwin was fascinated, if not obsessed by carnivorous plants. In a letter to Asa Gray Darwin wrote:

“[Drosera] is a wonderful plant, or rather a most sagacious animal. I will stick up for Drosera to the day of my death.”

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