Sarracenia flava

Sarracenia flava

Family: Sarraceniaceae

Common Name: yellow pitcher plant

This is a stemless herbaceous perennial that grows in mucky soils usually in full sun. Modified leaves form upright, slender-fluted pitchers of variable height ranging from 20” to 36”. This species also produces a second type leaves, namely long, slender, linear, winter leaves (phyllodia), resembling those of an iris. Pitchers are narrow with a horizontal lid that prevents most rain from entering the tube.

Locality: Ex Hort. Harvest: December 2024