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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sarracenia jonesii
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 089-01-002?:
Sarracenia rubra
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant
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JK Marlow jkm100514_131
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Flowers nod, and they have a large, rather flat, umbrella-shaped style, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm100514_133
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Flowers have 5 incurved, deciduous, red-purple petals only 1" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm100514_144
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Summer pitchers narrow, elongate (avg 40-50cm), ~ 20x as long as mouth's width, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm100514_146
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Hoods are ascending, leaving the orifice exposed, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
Pitcherplant species
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JK Marlow jkm100514_150
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Flowers have 5 persistent sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm100606_128
June Greenville County
Chandler Heritage Preserve
The tubes are often partially filled with liquid and decayed insect parts. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm070920_023
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Scapes are about the same height as the pitchers, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm070920_026
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Leaves are a waxy dull green with crisscrossing maroon-purple veins. — Patrick McMillan