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Sarracenia ×popei

Sarracenia ×popei hort. ex Masters

Pitcherplant, Pope's Pitcherplant, Pitcher Plant

Sarraceniaceae (Pitcher-plant Family)

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USDA Symbol: SAPO4

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

Pitcher plants are carnivorous, fascinating more for their leaves than their flowers. The leaves on these stem-less plants form tubular pitchers, becoming pitfall traps that attract, catch and digest small invertebrate prey. The pitchers have no moving parts, relying on downward-pointing hairs on the inner surfaces, and hoods, to prevent prey from escaping.

Natural hybrid of Sarracenia flava and S. rubra.

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Pitchers up to about 30 inches tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Red , Yellow
Bloom Time: Mar , Apr , May

Distribution

USA: NC
Native Habitat: Wet pine savannas and flatwoods, pineland seepage slopes, bogs, boggy streamheads, boggy pond margins, springy hillsides.

Web Reference

Webref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Additional resources

USDA: Find Sarracenia �popei in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Sarracenia �popei in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Sarracenia �popei

Metadata

Record Modified: 2020-07-27
Research By: CBR

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