Plants Profile for Sarracenia purpurea (purple pitcherplant)

General Information
Symbol:	SAPU4
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Sarraceniaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN N L48 N SPM N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Thomas G. Barnes. Usage Requirements.

©Mark W. Skinner. United States, NH, Hillsborough Co., Amherst, Ponemah Bog. June 11, 1987. Usage Requirements.

©Mark W. Skinner. United States, ME, Hancock Co., Mount Desert. June 1981. Usage Requirements.

©Rusty Russell. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. United States, MD. Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. United States, NJ. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 202. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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

Subordinate Taxa

The Plants Database includes the following 3 subspecies of Sarracenia purpurea . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Native

Introduced

Native and Introduced

Distribution of <i>Sarracenia purpurea</i> L. ssp. <i>purpurea</i> var. <i>montana</i> D.E. Schnell & Determann

Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea var. montana
mountain purple pitcherplant

Distribution of <i>Sarracenia purpurea</i> L. ssp. <i>purpurea</i> var. <i>purpurea </i>

Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea var. purpurea
northern purple pitcherplant

Distribution of <i>Sarracenia purpurea</i> L. var. <i>venosa</i> (Raf.) Fernald

Sarracenia purpurea var. venosa
southern purple pitcherplant

Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is 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 decumbent pitcher plant Threatened
Georgia purple pitcherplant Endangered
Illinois pitcher plant Endangered
Maryland northern pitcher-plant Threatened
New York pitcher-plant Exploitably Vulnerable

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	OBL
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	OBL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	OBL
Great Plains	OBL
Midwest	OBL
Northcentral & Northeast	OBL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	OBL