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Your search found 12 taxa in the family Sarraceniaceae, Pitcher-plant family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Yellow Pitcherplant, Yellow Trumpet, Trumpets
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia flava FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia flava FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sarracenia flava 089-01-001 FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, seepage bogs, pocosins. In the remote centers of peat domes and large peat-filled Carolina bays in NC, Sarracenia flava is sometimes very abundant, occasionally the dominant plant over areas exceeding several square kilometers
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mountain Green Pitcherplant, Green Pitcherplant, Mountain Pitcherplant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia oreophila FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia oreophila FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
Habitat: Seepage bogs, sandy shores of shallow streams
Rare
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Carolina Sweet Pitcherplant, Carolina Redflower Pitcherplant, Red Pitcherplant, Sweet Pitcherplant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sarracenia rubra 089-01-002 FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
Habitat: Sandhill seepage bogs, pocosins, wet savannas
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia jonesii FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sarracenia rubra 089-01-002? FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
Habitat: Bogs, cataract seeps over bedrock
Rare (endemic to a small area in southwest NC & northwest SC)
Native to the Carolinas
Common Name: Georgia Sweet Pitcherplant, Georgia Redflower Pitcherplant
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sarracenia rubra ssp. viatorum FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
Habitat: Seepage bogs, especially in the fall-line Sandhills, and often associated with Chamaecyparis thyoides
Rare
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hooded Pitcherplant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia minor var. minor FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia minor FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sarracenia minor 089-01-003 FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
Habitat: Wet savannas
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Appalachian Purple Pitcherplant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia purpurea var. montana FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea var. montana FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sarracenia purpurea 089-01-004 FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
Habitat: Mountain bogs, seepage bogs, cataract bogs
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Northern Purple Pitcherplant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia purpurea var. purpurea FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea var. purpurea FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sarracenia purpurea 089-01-004? FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
Habitat: Bogs
Native: north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Southern Purple Pitcherplant, Frog's Breeches, Hunter's Cup
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia purpurea var. venosa FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia purpurea var. venosa FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sarracenia purpurea 089-01-004? FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, sandhill seepage bogs, hillside seepage bogs
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare elsewhere
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rose Pitcherplant, Gulf Coast Pitcherplant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia rosea FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
(?) PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia rosea FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas and seepage bogs
Native to Georgia (but extirpated)
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Common Name:
Whitetop Pitcherplant, Crimson Pitcherplant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia leucophylla FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia leucophylla FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas
Rare or waif(s)
Native to Georgia (introduced in NC-SC)
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Common Name:
Parrot Pitcherplant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sarracenia psittacina FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sarracenia psittacina FAMILY: Sarraceniaceae
Habitat: Savannas, less commonly on floating peat mats
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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