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Accession Data:

Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii (Wherry) Wherry

  • Common Name: Mountain Sweet Pitcher Plant
  • Family: Sarraceniaceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: N & S Carolina
  • Habitat: Found on streamside edges and mountain bogs

  • Description: This endangered species is subject to a variety of threats including the loss / degradation of bog habitat, often through conversion for cultivation, housing, and the development of recreational areas. It is also at risk due to direct collection from the wild.2

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200800111
  • Source: Matt Opel ex John Hummer
  • Provenance: Etowah, Transylvania County, North Carolina
  • Accession Date: 08-06-2008
  • Bench: 2310 - Temperate Carnivores
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 07-21-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Endangered Species
    • CITES Appendix I Listed Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!

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
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009

References (internal):

  • Aquatic Plants
  • Benthophyte
  • Carnivorous Plants
  • IUCN Redlist Endangered Species
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • ECE 2019 - Scavenger Hunt
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: North Carolina / South Carolina

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, March 28, 2016.
  2. Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Monday, March 28, 2016.

data regenerated on Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:54:04 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii

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  • Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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