Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Sarracenia oreophila looks very similar to the much more common S. flava, however, this species has the flowering scape taller than the leaves, such that the flower is raised somewhat above the top of the trumpets. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Check out the pictures on Jim Fowler's blog.

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 oreophila   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Sarracenia oreophila

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sarracenia flava

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Green Pitcherplant, Green Pitcherplant, Mountain Pitcherplant

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_oreophila_3

May        

Resembles S. flava, but the pitchers pale green and petals yellowish-green, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 COMPARE Pitcherplant species

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sarracenia oreophila   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarracenia oreophila   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sarracenia oreophila

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sarracenia flava