in 1768, wrote that the plant name tippitywichit was an indigenous word from either Cherokee or Catawba. The plant name according to the Handbook of American Indians derives from the Renape word titipiwitshik ("they (leaves) which wind around (or involve)"), referring to the plant's leaves which wrap and trap its prey.

Discovery by Europeans

On 2 April 1759, the North Carolina

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