Sarracenia minor
Habit | herbaceous
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Height: | ⇕ | 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24. |
Width: | ⇔ | 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Bloom: | ❀ | early spring, mid spring, late spring |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
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Features: | ✓ | flowers |
USDA Zones: | 7 to 9 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | orange, yellow |
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Sarracenia minor, also known as the Hooded pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Like all the Sarracenia, it is native to the New World.
The specific epithet minor means "small" and refers to the typical size of the pitchers. The common name refers to the characteristic lid of this species.
The plant can be found in the coastal regions of northern Florida up to the southern part of North Carolina. An especially large form, with pitchers up to four feet high, grows in the Okefenokee marshes.[1]
The typical form is a relatively small plant with pitchers 25-35 cm in height. S. minor and S. psittacina are the only species in the genus to employ domed pitchers with translucent white patches that allow light to enter. It has been suggested that the light shining through these patches attracts flying insects further into the pitcher and away from the pitcher's mouth in a similar manner to Darlingtonia californica and two Nepenthes species, N. aristolochioides and N. klossii. The tubes are mostly green throughout, but can also be reddish in the upper part. Flowering occurs from March to May. Flowers are yellow in colour.
Read about Sarracenia minor in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Sarracenia minor, Walt. (S. variolaris, Michx. S. adunca, Smith). Pitchers erect, 8-24 in. long, gradually enlarging upward, with white areoles and often brownish red streaks above; lid cucullate, incurved over orifice; wing broadest in middle, narrowed above and below: ft. 1-2 in. wide, with pale yellow petals. Moist savanna lands, S. N. C. to N. Fla. CH
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Cultivation
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Pests and diseases
Varieties
- Sarracenia minor var. multipetala Komiya ex Hinode-Kadan (1985) nom.nud.
- Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis Schnell (2002)
Gallery
References
- ↑ D’Amato, Peter. 1998. The Savage Garden. Berkeley. ISBN 0-89815-915-6
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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