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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sarracenia flava
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarracenia flava
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 089-01-001:
Sarracenia flava
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Pitcherplant, Yellow Trumpet, Trumpets
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JK Marlow jkm160415_017
April Turner County GA
Narrowed base of the hood usually purple-spotted, per Weakley's Flora.
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Pitcherplant species
JK Marlow jkm160415_021
April Turner County GA
Flowers strongly ill-scented; sepals yellowish-green; style-disk yellow-green, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm160415_183
April Turner County GA
Forcing the umbrella-shaped style-disc down provides a glimpse of the stamens.
JK Marlow jkm0505s_18
May Williamsburg County SC
Sides of the narrowed base of the hood rolled strongly backwards, per Weakley's Flora.
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.