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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sarracenia flava
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
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This is the largest and most visually striking species of pitcherplant in North Carolina. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
The pitcher plant has not only unique leaves, but very strange flowers as well. Read more at the Botanical Society of America.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarracenia flava
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sarracenia flava
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 089-01-001:
Sarracenia flava FAMILY Sarraceniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sarracenia flava
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Pitcherplant, Yellow Trumpet, Trumpets
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_safl4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_safl4_008_lvd
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Alan S. Weakley asw_611877007466654
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
Blade of the hood broadly reniform to orbicular-reniform, broadly cordate basally, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_612289584249081
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
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Alan S. Weakley asw_794018785474959
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm060423_063
April Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm160415_016
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160415_017
April Turner County GA
Narrowed base of the hood usually purple-spotted, its sides strongly rolled away from orifice, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
COMPARE
Pitcherplant species
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JK Marlow jkm160415_021
April Turner County GA
Flowers strongly ill-scented; sepals yellowish-green; style-disk yellow-green, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm160415_061
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160415_183
April Turner County GA
Forcing the umbrella-shaped style-disc down provides a glimpse of the stamens.
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JK Marlow jkm060521_112
May Macon County NC
Highlands Biological Station
The drooping, bright lemon-yellow petals usually drop within a week or so, per Orchids, Carnivorous Plants, and Other Wildflowers of the Green Swamp, NC (Fowler, 2015).
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JK Marlow jkm161001_821
September Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sarracenia flava
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarracenia flava
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Sarracenia flava
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 089-01-001:
Sarracenia flava
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sarracenia flava
1320
Forb
Perennial
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, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p202
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p313
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p394
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p331
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p256
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p188
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p021
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p096
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p322
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p062
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p191
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