Highest-living carnivorous plant

In terms of highest elevation, there are records of the sticky-leaved alpine butterwort (Pinguicula alpina) growing in the Himalayas at elevations of 4,100 m (13,450 ft). However, the record currently belongs to the related Pinguicula calyptrata, a butterwort native to the Andes of South America, found at elevations up to 4,200 m (13,780 ft). It must be noted that this is much closer to the equator, where high-elevation sites are not as frigid.

Carnivorous plants occur at sea-level sites at many places around the world. There are, as yet, no carnivorous plants that have been detected at sites below sea level, and nor are there any known marine carnivorous plants.

The highest-growing pitcher plant, meanwhile, is Nepenthes lamii native to the highlands of New Guinea, where it has been recorded as high as 3,800 m (12,470 ft).