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Sarracenia purpurea

You may know it as the pitcher plant

Found not only on bogs and barrens, but also on coins.

And park permits.

And, strangely, in our own hearts.

Because who can't help but smile at something that lives on a rock, where nothing else grows?

And holds its little head up high, in fair weather and foul?

Who can't help but smile and marvel at that?

The Pitcher Plant.

A perfect symbol of all that we are.

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It's more than just an adaptable little plant that's hardy and wily enough to survive here.

It's a symbol, one the world has come to know us by.

It's a little unusual. A little quirky.

It's found all across Newfoundland and Labrador.

And it keeps growing, and thriving.

No matter what nature sends its way.

Doesn't that sound familiar?

Doesn't that sound a lot like us?

The Pitcher Plant.

A perfect symbol of all that we are.

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They grow.

They grow, almost in spite of nature.

In ones, and twos and threes.

Spread out among the rocks and crags, and barrens.

Inland and oceanside, they grow.

And nothing can shake them loose, from whatever spot they choose to call home.

Isn't it strange, and wonderful, how very like them we are?

The Pitcher Plant.

A perfect symbol of all that we are.