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Accession Data:

Sarracenia oreophila Wherry

  • Common Name: Green Pitcher Plant
  • Family: Sarraceniaceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: northern Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia, USA
  • Habitat: Open, wet areas with acidic soil

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202000010
  • Source: Peter D'amato via M. Opel
  • Provenance: 
    Sand Mountain, Ga, USA. Seed from Peter D'amato received in 2012.
  • Accession Date: 03-10-2020
  • Bench: 2310 - Temperate Carnivores
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-14-2021
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered Species
    • CITES Appendix I Listed Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: asterids
  • Order: Ericales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Sarraceniaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Aquatic Plants
  • IUCN Redlist Critically Endangered Species
  • Benthophyte
  • Carnivorous Plants
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Alabama / Georgia / North Carolina / Tennessee

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, September 08, 2017.
  2. Sarracenia oreophila at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Friday, September 08, 2017.

data regenerated on Thu, 14 Jan 2021 09:24:05 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Sarraceniaceae

  • Sarracenia alata W/C
  • Sarracenia alata W/C
  • Sarracenia alata W/C
  • Sarracenia flava
  • Sarracenia flava var. flava W/C
  • Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpa
  • Sarracenia leucophylla W/C
  • Sarracenia leucophylla
  • Sarracenia minor
  • Sarracenia oreophila W/C
  • Sarracenia psittacina
  • Sarracenia purpurea
  • Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea W/C
  • Sarracenia rosea
  • Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis
  • Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii W/C
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