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Yellow Pitcherplant, Yellow Trumpet, Trumpets
Sarracenia flava
Look for it in savannas, seepage bogs, pocosins
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Narrowed base of the hood usually purple-spotted, per Weakley's Flora.
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Scapes shorter than pitchers, per Weakley's Flora.
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Sides of the narrowed base of the hood rolled strongly backwards, per Weakley's Flora.
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The drooping, bright lemon-yellow petals usually drop within a week or so, per Orchids, Carnivorous Plants, and Other Wildflowers of the Green Swamp, NCby Jim Fowler.
Mountain Green Pitcherplant, Green Pitcherplant, Mountain Pitcherplant
Sarracenia oreophila
Look for it in seepage bogs
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Resembles S. flava, but the pitchers pale green and petals yellowish-green, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Sweet Pitcherplant, Redflower Pitcherplant, Red Pitcherplant
Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra
Look for it in sandhill seepage bogs, pocosins, wet savannas
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Flowers grow singly atop leafless stems about as tall as the leaves, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Leaves erect, 4-28" tall, reddish to greenish, with a rather small orifice, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Hoods are held horizontal and held closely over the orifice, per Weakley's Flora.
Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant
Sarracenia jonesii
Look for it in bogs, cataract seeps
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Flowers nod, and they have a large, rather flat, umbrella-shaped style, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Flowers have 5 incurved, deciduous, red-purple petals only 1" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Summer pitchers narrow, elongate (avg 40-50cm), ~ 20x as long as mouth's width, per Weakley's Flora.
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Hoods are ascending, leaving the orifice exposed, per Weakley's Flora.
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Scapes are about the same height as the pitchers, per Weakley's Flora.
Hooded Pitcherplant
Sarracenia minor var. minor
Look for it in wet savannas
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Note the bright white "windows" on pitchers & pale lemon petals of blossoms. — Will Stuart
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Pitchers and scapes less than 35cm tall, per Weakley's Flora.
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Small white patches surrounded by reddish tissue decorate the hood, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
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Hood arching horizontally over the orifice, per Weakley's Flora.
Southern Appalachian Purple Pitcherplant, Sidesaddle Flower
Sarracenia purpurea var. montana
Look for it in mountain bogs, seepage bogs
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Hood lobes closely incurved, touching each other or nearly so, per Weakley's Flora.
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Hairs lining the inner surface of the hood averaging 0.8-1.0mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
Northern Purple Pitcherplant
Sarracenia purpurea var. purpurea
Look for it in bogs
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Petals red to deep maroon, per Weakley's Flora.
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Pitchers greater than 3x long as broad, glabrous on the outer surface, per Weakley's Flora.
Southern Purple Pitcherplant, Frog's Breeches, Hunter's Cup
Sarracenia purpurea var. venosa
Look for it in wet savannas, sandhill seepage bogs, hillside seepage bogs
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Leaf tip is an erect hood, the end of the leaf tube a thickened shiny lip, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Leaves are short-tubular and "squat," with a broad wing lengthwise, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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Leaves lie horizontal but curve upward; erect hood doesn't cover mouth, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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Petals bright red, per Weakley's Flora.
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Hairs lining the inner surface of the hood 1.5-3-mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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White-topped Pitcherplant, Crimson Pitcherplant
Sarracenia leucophylla
Look for it in wet pine savannas
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Hood erect or ascending; a network of red venation surrounds white tissue, per Weakley's Flora.
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Areas of white tissue all around summit of pitcher and throughout hood, per Weakley's Flora.
Parrot Pitcherplant
Sarracenia psittacina
Look for it in savannas
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Petals maroon-red, obovate distally; style disc yellow-green w reddish margins, per Flora of North America.
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Hood of the pitcher globose; orifice formed by the fusion of the hood margins, per Weakley's Flora.
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Pitchers mostly decumbent; lateral wing of the pitcher very prominent, per Weakley's Flora.