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Sarracenia flava Linnaeus. Yellow Pitcherplant, Trumpets, Trumpet-leaf, Trumpet-flower, Side Saddle Flower. Phen: (Late Feb-) Mar-early May; May-Jun. Hab: Pine savannas, seepage bogs, pocosins. In the remote centers of peat domes and large peat-filled Carolina bays in NC, Sarracenia flava is sometimes very abundant, occasionally the dominant plant over areas exceeding several square kilometers. Dist: Se. VA south to n. FL and west to s. AL and se. MS.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: The many named varieties are best considered forms.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, Fl5, FNA8, G, GW2, K1, K3, K4, RAB, Va, W, WH3, Bell (1949), McDaniel (1971), Wood (1960); = n/a – Tat; < Sarracenia flava L. – S; > Sarracenia flava L. var. atropurpurea (Bull) C.R.Bell – McPherson & Schnell (2011), Schnell (2002b); > Sarracenia flava L. var. cuprea D.E.Schnell – McPherson & Schnell (2011), Schnell (2002b); > Sarracenia flava L. var. flava – McPherson & Schnell (2011), Schnell (2002b); > Sarracenia flava L. var. maxima Bull ex Mast. – McPherson & Schnell (2011), Schnell (2002b); > Sarracenia flava L. var. ornata Bull ex Mast. – McPherson & Schnell (2011), Schnell (2002b); > Sarracenia flava L. var. rubricorpora D.E.Schnell – McPherson & Schnell (2011), Schnell (2002b); > Sarracenia flava L. var. rugelii (Shuttlew. ex DC.) Mast. – McPherson & Schnell (2011), Schnell (2002b)

Links to other floras: = Sarracenia flava - FNA8

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image of plant© Will Stuart | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia flava, Pitcher Plant Savanna, Apalachicola National Forest, Liberty County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia flava var. ornata, Emanuel County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia flava var. rugelii, Apalachicola National Forest, Franklin County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia flava var. atropurpurea, and Sarracenia flava var. rugelii, Seepage Savanna, Panhandle, Florida 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia flava var. ornata, Seepage Savanna, Panhandle, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia flava var. cuprea, Red Bluff Bay, Francis Marion National Forest, Berkeley County, South Carolina 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia flava var. ornata, and Sarracenia flava var. rugelii, Seepage Savanna, Panhandle, Florida 4 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia flava var. ornata, Apalachicola National Forest, Franklin County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia flava, Francis Marion National Forest, Berkeley County, South Carolina 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia flava var. maxima, and Sarracenia flava var. rugelii, Seepage Savanna, Panhandle, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia flava, Pitcher Plant Savanna, Apalachicola National Forest, Liberty County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Sarracenia flava var. rugelii, and Sarracenia flava var. atropurpurea, Seepage Savanna, Panhandle, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Johnny Randall | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Johnny Randall | Original Image ⭷

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