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Accession Data:

Sarracenia purpurea L.

  • Common Name: Purple Pitcher Plant
  • Family: Sarraceniaceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: Eastern N. America
  • Habitat: Sphagnous bogs and peaty barrens.

  • Description: This carnivorous species is widespread in eastern USA and Canada, extending from New Jersey to the Arctic. It grows to only 6 in (15 cm) in height. The pitchers are slender at the basal rosette, rapidly becoming swollen higher up. They are usually green with purple tints and the lid stands erect. The flowers appear in spring; they are purple or greenish purple and up to 2 1/2 in (6 cm) wide. It has become naturalized in Europe, particularly Ireland.

  • Culture: Cultivation: These moderately to fully frost-hardy plants need sun or part-shade and moist, peaty soil. During the growth period they need to be kept very wet, and cool and moist in winter. Propagate from seed or by division in spring.
  • USDA Zone: 4a-9b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199800089
  • Source: Carolina Biological
  • Accession Date: 06-08-1998
  • Bench: 2310 - Temperate Carnivores
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 07-21-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: asterids
  • Order: Ericales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Sarraceniaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
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2013
2012
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References (internal):

  • Aquatic Plants
  • Benthophyte
  • Carnivorous Plants
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology
  • Scavenger Hunt - Grades 9-12 (generic)
  • ECE 2019 - Scavenger Hunt
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Northwest Territories / Alberta / British Columbia / Manitoba / Saskatchewan / Labrador / New Brunswick / Newfoundland / Nova Scotia / Ontario / Prince Edward I. / Québec / Washington / Illinois / Minnesota / Connecticut / Indiana / Maine / Masachusettes / Michigan / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New York / Ohio / Pennsylvania / Rhode I. / Vermont / West Virginia / California / Alabama / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Louisiana / Maryland / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Virginia / District of Columbia

References (external):

  1. Plants For A Future Website
  2. Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
  3. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, September 28, 2017.
  4. Sarracenia purpurea at USDA/NRCS Plants Database. Last accessed on Thursday, September 28, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:54:03 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Sarracenia purpurea

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Current Accessions in the Sarraceniaceae

  • Sarracenia alata W/C
  • Sarracenia alata W/C
  • Sarracenia alata W/C
  • Sarracenia flava
  • Sarracenia flava var. flava W/C
  • Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpa
  • Sarracenia leucophylla W/C
  • Sarracenia leucophylla
  • Sarracenia minor
  • Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis
  • Sarracenia oreophila W/C
  • Sarracenia psittacina
  • Sarracenia purpurea
  • Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea W/C
  • Sarracenia rosea 'Manmaru'
  • Sarracenia rosea
  • Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis
  • Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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