List of Sarracenia species and hybrids

The following is a list of species belonging to the North American pitcher plant genus (Sarracenia). For general information on North American pitcher plants, please see the main article on Sarracenia.

Species list

Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis

• Sarracenia alata : Pale pitcher plant
• Sarracenia flava : Yellow pitcher plant
  • Sarracenia flava var. atropurpurea
  • Sarracenia flava var. cuprea
  • Sarracenia flava var. maxima
  • Sarracenia flava var. ornata
  • Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpora
  • Sarracenia flava var. rugelii
• Sarracenia leucophylla : White pitcher plant
• Sarracenia minor : Hooded pitcher plant
  • Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis
• Sarracenia oreophila : Green pitcher plant
• Sarracenia psittacina : Parrot pitcher plant
• Sarracenia purpurea : Purple pitcher plant
  • Sarracenia purpurea subsp. purpurea f. heterophylla
  • Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa : Southern pitcher plant
    • Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa var. burkii
      • Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa var. burkii f. luteola
    • Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa var. montana
• Sarracenia rosea
• Sarracenia rubra : Sweet pitcher plant
  • Sarracenia rubra subsp. alabamensis : Alabama pitcher plant
  • Sarracenia rubra subsp. gulfensis : Gulf coast pitcher plant
  • Sarracenia rubra subsp. jonesii
  • Sarracenia rubra subsp. wherryi : Red pitcher plant

Sarracenia rubra is arguably a complex of several species and subspecies (including S. rubra (senso stricto), S. gulfensis, S. wherryi, S. jonesii, and S. alabamensis).

Common hybrids

Sarracenia hybrid

Wild Sarracenia flava x S. rosea in NW Florida

These species are all popularly cultivated by carnivorous plant enthusiasts, and there are consequently a large number of hybrids and cultivars: S. × catesbaei being the very common cross between S. flava and S. purpurea. Many of these hybrids occur naturally in the wild where special ranges overlap. The following is a list of named hybrids. Many of these names are relics of a time when these hybrids - when found in the wild - were thought to be species of their own.

Sarracenia hybrids are completely fertile and can be crossed back with the primary species or other hybrids.

• Sarracenia × catesbaei = S. flava × S. purpurea
• Sarracenia × moorei = S. flava × S. leucophylla
• Sarracenia × popei = S. flava × S. rubra
• Sarracenia × harperi = S. flava × S. minor
• Sarracenia × alava = S. flava × S. alata
• Sarracenia × mitchelliana = S. purpurea × S. leucophylla
• Sarracenia × exornata = S. purpurea × S. alata
• Sarracenia × chelsonii = S. purpurea × S. rubra
• Sarracenia × swaniana = S. purpurea × S. minor
• Sarracenia × courtii = S. purpurea × S. psittacina
• Sarracenia × pureophila = S. purpurea × S. oreophila
• Sarracenia × readii = S. leucophylla × S. rubra
• Sarracenia × farnhamii = S. leucophylla × S. rubra
• Sarracenia × excellens = S. leucophylla × S. minor
• Sarracenia × cantabridgensis = S. leucophylla × S. minor
• Sarracenia × areolata = S. leucophylla × S. alata
• Sarracenia × wrigleyana = S. leucophylla × S. psittacina
• Sarracenia × ahlesii = S. alata × S. rubra
• Sarracenia × rehderi = S. rubra × S. minor
• Sarracenia × gilpini = S. rubra × S. psittacina
• Sarracenia × formosa = S. minor × S. psittacina
• Sarracenia × mineophila = S. minor × S. oreophila
• Sarracenia × psittata = S. psittacina × S. alata

References

• D’Amato, Peter, The Savage Garden, Berkeley 1998, ISBN 0-89815-915-6

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