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Sarracenia flava

Trumpet pitcher plant, yellow pitcher plant
  • Photo by: Jeannie Brodhead, Saracennia Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

Trumpet pitcher plant, yellow pitcher plant

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Sarracenia flava

Familia:

Sarraceniaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

Flower

Tamaño:

2–3 ft

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

yellow

Color de la fruta:

yellow or red

Fenología:

Blooms in spring, fruits visible and showy into fall-winter. Winter dormant

Destacado por:

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Bog gardens.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Propagación:

Seed.

Luz:

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -a- Usually moist, occasional inundation

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

pH del suelo:

Acidic

Apto para cultivo en:

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators

Insectivorous. Larval host for epaulleted pitcher plant moth. A number of insect groups visit the flowers but their role in pollination is unknown. Most likely as pollinators are small bees.

Hábitats nativos:

Savannas, bogs, seep slopes. Benefits from fire

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

Found from Alabama (probably also in Mississippi), east into Florida and up the coastal plain to Virginia with occasional outlying populations. Trapping insects in the trumpet-shaped leaves is an adaptation to nutrient-poor soil conditions of wet or frequently flooded areas in the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Insects are lured into the slippery waxy portion of the upper pitcher tube by attractant odors and then slide down a coating of ultra-fine, downward point hairs, hitting the digestive enzymes.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

D'Amato, Peter. (2013). The Savage Garden, Revised: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants. Ten Speed Press, Emeryville, CA.


Jones, Frank Morton. (1908). Pollination in Sarracenia [in] Pitcher plant insects III. Entomological News 19: 150-156, Pls. VIII, IX. ( https://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/pollination-in-sarracenia ). Accessed 2026.


Hammer, Roger. (2015). Attracting Hummingbirds and Butterflies in Tropical Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.


Nelson, Gil. (2005). East Gulf Coastal Plain Wildflowers. Falcon Guides, Guilford, CT.


North American Sarracenia Conservancy. (Undated). Pollination. ( https://www.nasarracenia.org/guides/pollination/ ). Accessed 2026.


Mackie, Robin. (Undated). Plant of the Week: Yellow Pitcherplant. ( https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/sarracenia_flava.shtml ). Accessed 2026. U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

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