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Sarracenia purpurea L.
purple pitcherplant

       
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Sarracenia purpurea L.

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Distribution:
Sarracenia purpurea L.

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USA (AL, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Sarracenia purpurea L.

View 2 genera in Sarraceniaceae, 26 species in Sarracenia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. gibbosa (Raf.) Wherry. .
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. gibbosa
purple pitcherplant
Distribution of Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. purpurea. .
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea
purple pitcherplant
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Sarracenia purpurea L.

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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
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sarracenia purpurea L.

This plant and the related entities and synonyms 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:
decumbent pitcher plant              Threatened
Georgia:
purple pitcherplant              Endangered
Illinois:
pitcher plant              Endangered
Maryland:
northern pitcher-plant              Threatened
Michigan:
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. heterophylla [=SAPUG]
yellow pitcher-plant              Threatened
New York:
pitcher-plant              Exploitably Vulnerable
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sarracenia purpurea L.

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 OBL OBL OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Sarracenia purpurea L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21993.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

 
 
Time Generated: 10/21/2008 01:28 AM MDT