Sarracenia

The genus Sarracenia contains eight (or possibly ten) species of North American pitcher plants. The genus belongs to the family Sarraceniaceae, which also contains the closely allied genera Darlingtonia and Heliamphora.

Species

• Sarracenia alata : Pale pitcher plant
• Sarracenia flava : Yellow pitcher plant
  • Sarracenia flava var. atropurpurea
  • Sarracenia flava var. cuprea
  • Sarracenia flava var. maxima
  • Sarracenia flava var. ornata
  • Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpora
  • Sarracenia flava var. rugelii
• Sarracenia leucophylla : White pitcher plant
• Sarracenia minor : Hooded pitcher plant
  • Sarracenia minor var. okefenokeensis
• Sarracenia oreophila : Green pitcher plant
• Sarracenia psittacina : Parrot pitcher plant
• Sarracenia purpurea : Purple pitcher plant
  • Sarracenia purpurea f. heterophylla
  • Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa : Southern pitcher plant
    • Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa var. burkii
    • Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa var. montana
• Sarracenia rubra : Sweet pitcher plant
  • Sarracenia rubra subsp. alabamensis : Alabama pitcher plant
  • Sarracenia subsp. gulfensis : Gulf coast pitcher plant
  • Sarracenia subsp. jonesii
  • Sarracenia subsp. wherryi : Red pitcher plant

Sarracenia rubra is arguably a complex of several species and subspecies (including S. rubra (senso stricto), S. gulfensis, S. wherryi, S. jonesii, and S. alabamensis).

These species are all popularly cultivated by carnivorous plant enthusiasts, and there are consequently a huge number of hybrids and cultivars: S. X catesbaei being the very common cross between S. flava and S. purpurea. Many of these hybrids occur naturally in the wild.

Hybrids

• Sarracenia x catesbaei = S. flava x S. purpurea
• Sarracenia x mooreana = S. flava x S. leucophylla
• Sarracenia x popei = S. flava x S. rubra
• Sarracenia x harperi = S. flava x S. minor
• Sarracenia x mitchelliana = S. purpurea x S. leucophylla
• Sarracenia x exornata = S. purpurea x S. alata
• Sarracenia x chelsonii = S. purpurea x S. rubra
• Sarracenia x swaniana = S. purpurea x S. minor
• Sarracenia x courtii = S. purpurea x S. psittacina
• Sarracenia x readii = S. leucophylla x S. rubra
• Sarracenia x farnhamii = S. leucophylla x S. rubra
• Sarracenia x excellens = S. leucophylla x S. minor
• Sarracenia x cantabridgensis = S. leucophylla x S. minor
• Sarracenia x wrigleyana = S. leucophylla x S. psittacina
• Sarracenia x ahlesii = S. alata x S. rubra
• Sarracenia x rehderi = S. rubra x S. minor
• Sarracenia x gilpini = S. rubra x S. psittacina
• Sarracenia x formoas = S. minor x S. psittacina