OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 12 taxa in the family Sarraceniaceae, Pitcher-plant family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Yellow Pitcherplant, Yellow Trumpet, Trumpets

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia flava   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia flava   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sarracenia flava 089-01-001   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, seepage bogs, pocosins. In the remote centers of peat domes and large peat-filled Carolina bays in NC, Sarracenia flava is sometimes very abundant, occasionally the dominant plant over areas exceeding several square kilometers

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mountain Green Pitcherplant, Green Pitcherplant, Mountain Pitcherplant

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia oreophila   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia oreophila   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

 

Habitat: Seepage bogs, sandy shores of shallow streams

Rare

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Carolina Sweet Pitcherplant, Carolina Redflower Pitcherplant, Red Pitcherplant, Sweet Pitcherplant

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sarracenia rubra 089-01-002   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

 

Habitat: Sandhill seepage bogs, pocosins, wet savannas

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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): Sarracenia rubra 089-01-002?   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, cataract seeps over bedrock

Rare (endemic to a small area in southwest NC & northwest SC)

Native to the Carolinas

 


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Common Name: Georgia Sweet Pitcherplant, Georgia Redflower Pitcherplant

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sarracenia rubra ssp. viatorum   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

 

Habitat: Seepage bogs, especially in the fall-line Sandhills, and often associated with Chamaecyparis thyoides

Rare

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Hooded Pitcherplant

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia minor var. minor   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia minor   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sarracenia minor 089-01-003   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

 

Habitat: Wet savannas

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare in NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Appalachian Purple Pitcherplant

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia purpurea var. montana   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea var. montana   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sarracenia purpurea 089-01-004   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

 

Habitat: Mountain bogs, seepage bogs, cataract bogs

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Northern Purple Pitcherplant

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia purpurea var. purpurea   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea var. purpurea   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sarracenia purpurea 089-01-004?   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs

Native: north of the Carolinas

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Purple Pitcherplant, Frog's Breeches, Hunter's Cup

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia purpurea var. venosa   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia purpurea var. venosa   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sarracenia purpurea 089-01-004?   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, sandhill seepage bogs, hillside seepage bogs

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Rose Pitcherplant, Gulf Coast Pitcherplant

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia rosea   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

(?) PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia rosea   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas and seepage bogs

Native to Georgia (but extirpated)

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Whitetop Pitcherplant, Crimson Pitcherplant

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia leucophylla   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia leucophylla   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

 

Habitat: Wet pine savannas

Rare or waif(s)

Native to Georgia (introduced in NC-SC)

 


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camera icon Common Name: Parrot Pitcherplant

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia psittacina   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia psittacina   FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae

 

Habitat: Savannas, less commonly on floating peat mats

Uncommon in GA, rare in SC

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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"Whoever the men were who designed the geographical biscuit cutter which sliced out the Old North State, they succeeded so well botanically that one might think of them as possessed with less political sense than vegetational acumen." — B.W. Wells, The Natural Gardens of North Carolina