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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sarracenia minor var. minor
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
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The top of Sarracenia minor's 1-foot-tall pitcher is curved from the back to produce a hood with numerous large white spots, which makes the pitcher opening almost completely covered. 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.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarracenia minor
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sarracenia minor var. minor
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Sarracenia minor
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 089-01-003:
Sarracenia minor FAMILY Sarraceniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sarracenia minor
COMMON NAME:
Hooded Pitcherplant
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_sami9_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160415_042
April Turner County GA
Sepals yellowish green; petals yellow, distal portion narrowly obovate, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm160415_173
April Turner County GA
The flat leaf-like structures that don't form hollow tubes are phyllodia, per Orchids, Carnivorous Plants, and Other Wildflowers of the Green Swamp, NC (Fowler, 2015).
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JK Marlow jkm160415_179
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160416_225
April Lowndes County GA
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Will Stuart wil_8501126274_48f67d1047
April Berkeley-Charleston Counties SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Note the bright white "windows" on pitchers & pale lemon petals of blossoms. — Will Stuart
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JK Marlow jkm0505q_31
May Williamsburg County SC
Pitchers and scapes less than 35cm tall, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0505r_09
May Williamsburg County SC
Small white patches surrounded by reddish tissue decorate the hood, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
COMPARE
Pitcherplant species
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JK Marlow jkm0505t_30
May Williamsburg County SC
The umbrella-like style covers and mostly conceals the ovary, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_minor_hoodpitcher3
July
Hood arching horizontally over the orifice, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_s_minor_minor_hoodedp
July
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JK Marlow jkm081009_033
October Dorchester County SC
An exterior structure called the keel or ala is dotted with nectar glands, per Orchids, Carnivorous Plants, and Other Wildflowers of the Green Swamp, NC (Fowler, 2015).
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Tim Spira tpssminor
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sarracenia minor var. minor
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarracenia minor
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sarracenia minor var. minor
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Sarracenia minor
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 089-01-003:
Sarracenia minor
FAMILY
Sarraceniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sarracenia minor
1324
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare in NC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
Yellowish
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p203
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p261
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p366
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p256
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p174
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p021
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p097
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p323
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