Sarracenia rubra Walter ssp. viatorum B. Rice. Common name: Georgia Sweet Pitcherplant, Georgia Redflower Pitcherplant. Phenology: Apr-May. Habitat: Seepage bogs, especially in the fall-line Sandhills, and often associated with Chamaecyparis thyoides. Distribution: C. SC (Lexington Co.) south to wc. GA and sw. GA, primarily in the fall-line Sandhills.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: See McPherson & Schnell (2011) and Rice (2018) for detailed discussion.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Rice (2018); = n/a — RAB; < Sarracenia rubra Walter — S13; < Sarracenia rubra Walter ssp. rubra — FNA8, K4, McPherson & Schnell (2011), Schnell (2002b). Basionym: Sarracenia rubra Walter ssp. viatorum B.Rice 2018
Links to other floras: < Sarracenia rubra ssp. rubra - FNA8
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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