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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sarracenia jonesii
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
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"These plants are protected both under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and under CITES, which prohibits international trade in specific rare plants and animals." Read more from the South Carolina Plant Conservation Alliance.
Sarracenia jonesii is a larger version of S. rubra (which is found in the Coastal Plain). 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 rubra ssp. jonesii
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sarracenia jonesii
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 089-01-002?:
Sarracenia rubra FAMILY Sarraceniaceae
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm100514_131
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Flowers nod, and they have a large, rather flat, umbrella-shaped style, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm100514_133
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Flowers have 5 incurved, deciduous, red-purple petals only 1" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm100514_150
May Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Flowers have 5 persistent sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Dan Whitten sdw_053121_02847
May Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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Dan Whitten sdw_053121_02849
May Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Hoods are ascending, leaving the orifice exposed, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
Pitcherplant species
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JK Marlow jkm100606_128
June Greenville County
Chandler Heritage Preserve
The tubes are often partially filled with liquid and decayed insect parts. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm220605_8231
June Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Summer pitchers narrow, elongate (avg 40-50cm), ~ 20x as long as mouth's width, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm220605_8235
June Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220605_8239
June Greenville County SC
Chandler Heritage Preserve
Scapes are about the same height as the pitchers, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm070920_023
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm070920_026
September Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Leaves are a waxy dull green with crisscrossing maroon-purple veins. — Patrick McMillan
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JK Marlow jkm231025_6292
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm231025_6293
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm231025_6300
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sarracenia jonesii
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Sarracenia jonesii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 089-01-002?:
Sarracenia rubra
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
1322
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, cataract seeps over bedrock, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare (endemic to a small area in southwest NC & northwest SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring
Maroon outside, Green inside
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p117
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p111
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p419
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p021?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p062
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