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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sarracenia oreophila   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarracenia oreophila   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Sarracenia oreophila

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sarracenia flava

 

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Green Pitcherplant, Green Pitcherplant, Mountain Pitcherplant


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image of Sarracenia oreophila, Mountain Green Pitcherplant, Green Pitcherplant, Mountain Pitcherplant

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_oreophila_3

May        

Resembles S. flava, but the pitchers pale green and petals yellowish-green, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sarracenia oreophila   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarracenia oreophila   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sarracenia oreophila

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sarracenia flava

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1325

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: seepage bogs, sandy shores of shallow streams, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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