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Sarracenia ( sarraceniaceae )
  • Sarracenia alata
    Known as the pale pitcher plant, this plant is found from Southern Alabama westwards into East Texas.
    The pitchers are similar in height to Sarracenia flava, but are more slender.
    Variation is high from pure green pitchers to deep red/all red/maroon.
    Flowers are paler yellow than Sarracenia flava verging on white in some forms.

  • Sarracenia flava
    This species in my opinion is one of the most elegant in this genus.
    The Pitcher can grow in some forms over 90cm tall.
    The pitcher is much more robust than any of the other species and the most varied;
    anywhere between almost pure green right through to pure red/maroon with
    virtually every possible variation in between. Flowers are yellow.
    Recently, this species has been sub-divided into seven recognised varieties;
    Sarracenia flava var. flava
    This plant has red/purple venation in the throat and spreading out over hood and tube.
    Sarracenia flava var. maxima
    The name has nothing to do with the size of the plant, but the pitcher remains green with no red venation in the pitcher.
    Only the pitcher leaf bases have any red in them.
    Sarracenia flava var. maxima cv. Slack
    The name is that I have given to this form plant that  is widely seen in all collections in Europe.
    This come from Mr A Slack that not only written two books on insectivorous plants and owned a world known nursery.
    The pitcher leaf and winter leaf has greyish colour. This plant has been in collections for over 30 year as S. flava var. maxima

    Sarracenia flava var. atropurpurea
    Lid and external pitcher have a deep red colour and the interior a pale tan.
    Sarracenia flava var. ornata
    This plant is what one would call "heavily veined".
    Sarracenia flava var. rugelii
    This is to me one of the most beautiful with pure green/yellow upper pitchers
    with a deep red/maroon "splotch" in the throat.
    This plant is indigenous to the Florida pan handle and Southern Georgia.
    Sarracenia flava var. cupurea
    This plant is known as the "Copper Top" variety. In some forms,
    the upper pitcher is copper coloured as well.
    Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpora
    This plant is the "Red Tube form" from Florida. The interior being yellowish buff in colour and
    the lid having deep red/maroon veining.

  • Sarracenia purpurea
    This species is the most widespread of them all, extending from Mississippi all
    the way up the east coast of the USA as far as the Labrador coast of eastern Canada and
    within 100 miles or so of the Great Slave lake of the Northwest Territory.
    This species consists of two sub-species and they meet at New Jersey where the two sub-species intergrate.
    The plant has red flowers. The sub species are;
    Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa
    This plant is the "Southern" plant. A pink petal variety has been named as "var. burkei"
    Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea
    This plant is the "Northern" plant.
    An interesting anthocyanin free form is found in Michigan and around the Great Lakes known as
    Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea f. heterophylla .
    This plant is pure green with no red pigment. The flowers are a greenish yellow.
  • Sarracenia leucophylla
    This very attractive plant has white tops with red or green veins.
    The flower like pitchers catch large quantities of hover-flies which are attracted to the plant.
    The pitcher can grow up to 1m tall. This plant is unusual in having two crops of pitchers;
    one in Spring and another more robust, set in late Summer/Autumn.
    Normally the plant has red flowers, but there are at least 3 yellow flower forms including an anthocyanin free form.
    This plant occurs in South West Georgia, Northwest Florida, Southern Alabama and just into Mississippi.
  • Sarracenia psittacina
    This plant has a very different pitcher to all the other species.
    This plant traps its prey by using the "lobster pot" type of trap.
    The pitchers lie horizontal to the ground and by means of downward pointing
    hairs, guide prey into the digestion zone.
    The plant uses "windows" to deceive the prey to the trapping zone.
  • Sarracenia minor
    These upright pitchers use the "window" method to deceive insects.
    The pitchers are hooded to cut out light at the entrance to the trap.
    Pitchers grow to about 25 to 30cm in height with the typical forms,
    but in the Okefenokee swamp in Southeast Georgia, pitchers can be over 1m tall.
    Flowers are yellow.     Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis
  • Sarracenia oreophila
    Very similar to Sarracenia flava in many ways, but with some taxonomic differences;
    winter leaves (phyllodia) are sickle-shaped and low to the soil surface compared to
    Sarracenia flava where they are straight and much more upright.
    The front of the pitcher rim has no "spout". This plant is almost extinct in the wild now.
    This plant can give size to any crosses made with it.
  • Sarracenia rubra
    This species is sub divided into five sub species;
    Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra
    This plant grows less than 30cm tall. It has small red flowers.
    The pitcher are very slender with thin red veins.
    Sarracenia rubra ssp. wherryi
    Similar to the above, but more stocky and the front of the pitcher has a frontal spout.
    A giant form occurs around Chatom in Alabama where the pitchers exceed 40cm.
    The plant has red flowers but there are yellow and orange flowered forms.
    Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis
    This plant produces weak pitchers in the Spring but much stronger pitchers in Autumn.
    The plant grows only in Alabama where there are only eleven sites left.
    This plant has been given in some text as a complete species on it's own.
    Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii
    As with ssp. alabamensis, this plant is also on the verge of extinction.
    This plant is recognisable from the others by having a distinct bulge below the pitcher rim.
    Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis
    This plant is taller and more robust than wherryi or rubra subspecies.
    The pitcher can take on a very bronzy hue when grown in strong light.
    There are a few all green anthocyanin free forms in cultivation.
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    Plant list below - scroll down - information by Alan.
      Sarracenia alata {(Wood) Wood}
      Sarracenia flava {L.}
      Sarracenia flava {L.} var. atropurpurea {(Hort.Bull) Bell}
      Sarracenia flava {L.} var. cuprea {Schnell}
      Sarracenia flava {L.} var. maxima {Hort.Bull ex Mast.}
      Sarracenia flava {L.} var. ornata {Hort.Bull ex Mast.}
      Sarracenia flava {L.} var. rubricorpora {Schnell}
      Sarracenia flava {L.} var. rugelii {(Shuttlew. ex A.DC.) Mast.}
      Sarracenia leucophylla {Raf.}
      Sarracenia minor {Walt.}
      Sarracenia minor {Walt.} var. okefenokeensis {Schnell}
      Sarracenia oreophila {(Kearney) Wherry}
      Sarracenia psittacina {Michx.}
      Sarracenia purpurea {L.}
      Sarracenia purpurea {L.} f. heterophylla {(Eaton) Fern.}
      Sarracenia purpurea {L.} subsp. venosa {(Raf.) Wherry}
      Sarracenia purpurea {L.} subsp. venosa {(Raf.) Wherry} var. burkii {Schnell}
      Sarracenia purpurea {L.} subsp. venosa {(Raf.) Wherry} var. burkii {Schnell}f. luteola{?}
      Sarracenia purpurea {L.} subsp. venosa {(Raf.) Wherry} var. montana {Schnell & Determann}
      Sarracenia rubra {Walt.}
      Sarracenia rubra {Walt.} subsp. alabamensis {(Case & Case) Schnell}
      Sarracenia rubra {Walt.} subsp. gulfensis {Schnell}
      Sarracenia rubra {Walt.} subsp. jonesii {(Wherry) Wherry}
      Sarracenia rubra {Walt.} subsp. wherryi {(Case & Case) Schnell}

    There are a number Sarracenia which are a anthocyanin-free ( all Green ) form of the plant
    these are sometimes labelled  f. heterophylla. e.g. Sarracenia rubra {Walt.} subsp. gulfensis {Schnell} f. heterophylla {?}
    There are also two Sarracenia which have furry feel ( hairy on the outside ) to them,
    these are sometime labelled var. pubescens or f. pubescens.
    e.g.. Sarracenia  leucophylla {Raf.}var. pubescens{?} or Sarracenia alata {(Wood) Wood} f. pubescens{?}
    There is European Sarracenia  flava {L.} var. maxima {A. Slack} which has grey green look to it,
    this has been in many collections for over 30 years.

    A Haines 2003/04/05/06/07/08

      
     

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