Sarracenia rubra Walter ssp. rubra . Common name: Carolina Sweet Pitcherplant, Carolina Redflower Pitcherplant. Phenology: Apr-May; Jun-Jul. Habitat: Sandhill seepage bogs, pocosins, wet savannas. Distribution: Se. and sc. NC south to e. GA (southeast of the Fall-line Sandhills).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: The S. rubra complex consists of as many as six (as here treated) geographically isolated entities, variously treated as species, subspecies, or geographic races (see S. jonesii for some of the pertinent references).
Synonymy ⓘ: = Rice (2018); < Sarracenia rubra Walter — GW2, RAB, S, S13, Bell (1949), Case & Case (1976), McDaniel (1971), Wood (1960); < Sarracenia rubra Walter ssp. rubra — FNA8, K4, McPherson & Schnell (2011), Schnell (2002b). Basionym: Sarracenia rubra Walter 1788
Links to other floras: < Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra - FNA8
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (name change)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia rubra subsp. rubra, Francis Marion National Forest, Berkeley County, South Carolina 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia rubra subsp. rubra (yellow flower), Francis Marion National Forest, Berkeley County, South Carolina 9 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra, Swamp Bog, Marion County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia rubra subsp. rubra, Francis Marion National Forest, Berkeley County, South Carolina 4 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra, Swamp Bog, Marion County, Georgia 4 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia rubra subsp. rubra, Francis Marion National Forest, Berkeley County, South Carolina 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Carnivorous perennial of bogs, pocosins, wet pine savannas and sandhills.
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description: Carnivorous perennial of bogs, pocosins, wet pine savannas and sandhills.
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native range: NC, SC & GA
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