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Sarraceniaceae

W/C = Wild Collected
Sarracenia flava L.

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  • Common Name: Yellow Pitcher Plant, Huntsman's Horn
  • Family: Sarraceniaceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: Southeastern N. America - Virginia and North Carolina to Flo
  • Habitat: Wet pinelands and bogs.

  • Description: The Yellow Pitcher Plant is a carnivorous plant that prefers wasps, bees, and all types of flies.It needs high moisture therefore is usually found among mosses. The large erect leaves possess desirable ornamental value. Its flowers are yellow rising in the spring, born on stalks that clear the foliage.
Restrictions:

  • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199200229
  • Source: N. Carolina
  • Accession Date: 04-28-1988
  • Bench: 2305 - Nearctic
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-26-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: asterids
  • Order: Ericales
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  • Family: Sarraceniaceae
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