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Sarracenia ×wrigleyana
Sarracenia ×wrigleyana hort. ex Veitch (pro sp.)
Pitcherplant, Wrigley's Pitcherplant, Wrigley's Pitcher Plant
Sarraceniaceae (Pitcher-plant Family)
Synonym(s):
USDA Symbol: SAWR2
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 leucophylla and S. psittacina.
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Herb
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Pitchers up to about 30 inches tall.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: RedBloom Time: Mar , Apr , May , Jun
Distribution
USA: AL , FLNative Habitat: Wet pine savannas and flatwoods, wet open bogs, adjacent boggy roadsides and ditches, pineland seepage slopes.
Web Reference
Webref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter
Additional resources
USDA: Find Sarracenia Śwrigleyana in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Sarracenia Śwrigleyana in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Sarracenia Śwrigleyana
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-07-27Research By: CBR