Carnivorous Plant Encyclopedia

A pitcher plant surviving at only about a dozen sites in central Alabama. Its finely hairy yellow-green pitchers are veined red, and its reddish-purple flowers smell of raspberries. It is a CITES Appendix I subspecies.

A three-species Sarracenia hybrid raised by Alan Hindle. Pitchers open green laced with yellow in spring and turn deep plum red by late summer, topped by a ruffled hood mottled white, yellow and green.

An American cultivar from S. leucophylla × S. psittacina. Numerous vivid scarlet pitchers up to 40 cm tall turn their mouths toward the centre of the plant, and its vigour and good colour even in part shade have made it widespread.

The natural hybrid between tall S. flava and squat S. purpurea. It is intermediate between them, with pitchers stouter than S. flava and more upright than S. purpurea. One of the long-known classic Sarracenia hybrids.

The natural hybrid between white-topped S. leucophylla and hooded S. minor. White colouring and a frilly lid from S. leucophylla combine with an overhanging hood and white spots from S. minor.

The natural hybrid between yellow S. flava and white-topped S. leucophylla. It raises tall pitchers intermediate between the parents, with white patches on the upper pitcher and a frilly lid margin showing its S. leucophylla ancestry.

A Sarracenia with winged tubes, delicate yellow-green form and sweet-scented lid.

A Sarracenia with tall yellow-green tubes, one of the largest species, exceeding 1m.

A variety of the yellow pitcher plant, S. flava, coloured deep red over the whole tube and lid. The lid is red from the moment it opens and usually darker than the tube. Strong light is essential for the colour.

A variety of the yellow pitcher plant, S. flava, with a reddish copper lid on a green to yellow tube. The copper lid against the tube is its charm, though on some clones the lid colour fades later in the season.

A variety of the yellow pitcher plant, S. flava, with pure green to yellow-green pitchers entirely lacking red. Despite a name meaning 'largest' it is of normal size, and it is often confused with var. rugelii, which has a red throat patch.

A variety of the yellow pitcher plant, S. flava, with a red tube and a veined yellow to green lid. The contrast of red body and pale lid is its mark. A rare variety found only in the Florida panhandle.

The most beautiful Sarracenia with white lids and red vein patterns, especially stunning in autumn.

A Sarracenia with window-like transparent patches on the lid, trapping insects confused by light.

A highland Sarracenia, endangered and protected, with beautiful yellow-green tubes.

A Sarracenia with unique parrot-beak-like pitchers spreading along the ground.

A small reddish Sarracenia that attracts insects with sweet scent, many varieties exist.

The southern subspecies of the purple pitcher plant, S. purpurea. Its squat pitchers are rough-surfaced outside, with a large hood whose side lobes overlap when pinched together, and it tolerates warmer climates than the northern subspecies.