English: Western false asphodel.
Region: USA, Pacific Northwest.
BotanyHerb; carnivorous
Stem: covered in a sticky substance, trapping small insects, like midges; with tiny hairs that produce a digestive enzyme, a phosphatase, digesting the insects.
TaxonomyTriantha occidentalis was discovered in 2021 by a group of scientists from the University of British Columbia and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.