sarraceniasarracenia
genusgenusCarnivorous plants native to North America that capture prey using distinctive pitcher-shaped leaves filled with digestive enzymes. These fascinating plants have evolved colorful, tubular traps that lure insects with sweet nectar before sending them sliding to their doom.
Etymology
The name honors Dr. Michel Sarrazin, a 17th-century French physician and naturalist who first sent these plants from Quebec to European botanists for study.
Interesting fact!
The pitcher tubes can contain such a perfect blend of drowning-prevention bacteria that scientists study them to develop new antimicrobial medicines.
All species of Sarracenia
sarraceniaAlata
Yellow trumpet, Pale pitcher plant, Yellow pitcher plant.
sarraceniaPsittacina
Parrot pitcher plant, Bird catcher, Low pitcher plant.
sarraceniaRubra
Sweet pitcher plant, Red trumpet, Ruby pitcher plant.
sarraceniaOreophila
Green pitcher plant, Mountain pitcher plant, Alabama pitcher plant.
sarraceniaJonesii
Mountain sweet pitcher plant, Jones' pitcher plant, Appalachian pitcher plant.
sarraceniaRosea
Gulf sweet pitcher plant, Pink pitcher plant, Rose pitcher.
sarraceniaFlava
Yellow trumpet pitcher, Yellow pitcher plant, Golden trumpet.
sarraceniaMinor
Hooded pitcher plant, Small pitcher plant, Dwarf pitcher plant.
sarraceniaPurpurea
Purple pitcher plant, Northern pitcher plant, Turtle socks.
sarraceniaLeucophylla
White-topped pitcher plant, Purple pitcher plant, White trumpet.
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