Sarraceniaceae > Sarracenia
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Trumpets, aka Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava) Johnston Co., NC 29 May 2005 Found mostly in the coastal plain & sandhills in NC, this plant occurs in bogs & wet savannas. |
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Trumpets (Sarracenia flava) Pender Co., NC 24 April 2004 |
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Trumpets (Sarracenia flava) Craven Co., NC 31 Aug 2008 |
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Sweet Pitcher Plant, Redflower Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra) Longleaf Pine savanna in Brunswick Co., NC 18 May 2008 Uncommon in the NC coastal plain in pine savanna habitats. Note pitchers are relatively small and lack translucent white spots near hood. |
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Sweet Pitcher Plant, Redflower Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra) Longleaf Pine savanna in Brunswick Co., NC 18 May 2008 |
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Sweet Pitcher Plant, Redflower Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra) Longleaf Pine savanna in Brunswick Co., NC 18 May 2008 Maroon petals appear on the flowers in April and then wither and fade over the next couple of weeks as the rest of the flower stalk remains (see pictures below). |
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Sweet Pitcher Plant, Redflower Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra) Longleaf Pine savanna in Brunswick Co., NC 18 May 2008 |
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Sweet Pitcher Plant, Redflower Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra) Longleaf Pine savanna in Brunswick Co., NC 18 May 2008 |
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Sweet Pitcher Plant, Redflower Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra) Longleaf Pine savanna in Brunswick Co., NC 27 June 2010 |
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Sweet Pitcher Plant, Redflower Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra) Longleaf Pine savanna in Brunswick Co., NC 27 June 2010 Old flowers that have lost their petals. |
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Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) Johnston Co., NC 29 May 2005 Widespread but uncommon to rare in NC coastal plain and mountains. Found mostly in bog & wet savanna habitats. |
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Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) Pender Co., NC 23 April 2006 |
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Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) Pender Co., NC 23 April 2006 |
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Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) Campobello Park, New Brunswick, Canada 6 July 2011 |
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Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) Johnston Co., NC 29 May 2005 The petals are fairly short-lived and fall off of the flower while the rest of the flower remains for weeks. |
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Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) Brunswick Co., NC 4 Oct 2008 Young fruit development |
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Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) Pender Co., NC 13 Sep 2009 |
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Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) Brunswick Co., NC 4 Oct 2008 Pitchers |
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Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) Brunswick Co., NC 4 Oct 2008 Picthers have downward pointing hairs to prevent insects from climbing back out, and are water-filled to trap insects for digestion. |
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Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) Washington Co., ME 5 July 2011 |
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Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) Campobello Park, New Brunswick, Canada 6 July 2011 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
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