PLANTS Profile for Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea var. montana (purple pitcherplant)

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Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. purpurea var. montana Schnell & Determann
purple pitcherplant

Symbol:

SAPUM

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Sarraceniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. purpurea var. montana Schnell & Determann

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Distribution:
Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. purpurea var. montana Schnell & Determann


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USA (GA, NC, SC)

Related Taxa:
Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. purpurea var. montana Schnell & Determann

View 2 genera in Sarraceniaceae, 26 species in Sarracenia, 2 subspecies in Sarracenia purpurea L.

Classification:
Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. purpurea var. montana Schnell & Determann

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Nepenthales
Family	Sarraceniaceae – Pitcher-plant family
Genus	Sarracenia L. – pitcherplant
Species	Sarracenia purpurea L. – purple pitcherplant
Subspecies	Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. purpurea – purple pitcherplant
Variety	Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. purpurea var. montana Schnell & Determann – purple pitcherplant

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. purpurea var. montana Schnell & Determann

The related entities italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
Sarracenia purpurea
decumbent pitcher plant		Threatened
Georgia:
Sarracenia purpurea
purple pitcherplant		Endangered
Illinois:
Sarracenia purpurea
pitcher plant		Endangered
Maryland:
Sarracenia purpurea
northern pitcher-plant		Threatened
New York:
Sarracenia purpurea
pitcher-plant		Exploitably Vulnerable

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. purpurea var. montana Schnell & Determann

Sarracenia purpurea:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. purpurea var. montana Schnell & Determann

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 566352.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 08:39 AM CDT