Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra
Common Name(s):
- Phonetic Spelling
- sar-uh-SEN-ee-uh ROO-bruh ROO-bruh
- Description
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Sweet Pitcherplant is a native perennial carnivorous plant found in bogs, pocosins, and wet savannas from North Carolina to Georgia. This plant is clump forming. It is heat tolerant but drought sensitive. This plant produces fragrant flowers. It has many hybrids available, but plants sold in the trade are usually listed as the straight species.
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Attributes:
- Genus:
- Sarracenia
- Species:
- rubra
- Family:
- Sarraceniaceae
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial
- Country Or Region Of Origin:
- NC to GA
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Whole Plant Traits:
- Plant Type:
- Carnivorous
- Native Plant
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Cultural Conditions:
- Light:
- Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
- Soil Texture:
- Sand
- Soil pH:
- Acid (<6.0)
- Soil Drainage:
- Moist
- NC Region:
- Coastal
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Fruit:
- Display/Harvest Time:
- Summer
- Fruit Description:
- Fruits are available June-July
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Flowers:
- Flower Color:
- Red/Burgundy
- Flower Bloom Time:
- Spring
- Flower Description:
- Flowers are reddish-purple and bloom April-May.
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Leaves:
- Hairs Present:
- No
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Stem:
- Stem Is Aromatic:
- No
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Landscape:
- Landscape Theme:
- Native Garden
- Resistance To Challenges:
- Heat
