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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sarracenia flava   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarracenia flava   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Sarracenia flava

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 089-01-001:

Sarracenia flava   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sarracenia flava

 

COMMON NAME:
Yellow Pitcherplant, Yellow Trumpet, Trumpets


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_safl4_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_safl4_008_lvd

        

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_611877007466654

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Blade of the hood broadly reniform to orbicular-reniform, broadly cordate basally, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_612289584249081

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

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Alan S. Weakley    asw_794018785474959

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm060423_063

April    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

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JK Marlow    jkm160415_016

April    Turner County    GA

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JK Marlow    jkm160415_017

April    Turner County    GA

Narrowed base of the hood usually purple-spotted, its sides strongly rolled away from orifice, per Weakley's Flora (2022).


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JK Marlow    jkm160415_021

April    Turner County    GA

Flowers strongly ill-scented; sepals yellowish-green; style-disk yellow-green, per Flora of North America.

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JK Marlow    jkm160415_061

April    Turner County    GA

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JK Marlow    jkm160415_183

April    Turner County    GA

Forcing the umbrella-shaped style-disc down provides a glimpse of the stamens.

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JK Marlow    jkm160415_188

April    Turner County    GA

Scapes shorter than pitchers, per Weakley's Flora.

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JK Marlow    jkm060521_112

May    Macon County    NC

Highlands Biological Station

The drooping, bright lemon-yellow petals usually drop within a week or so, per Orchids, Carnivorous Plants, and Other Wildflowers of the Green Swamp, NC (Fowler, 2015).

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JK Marlow    jkm161001_821

September    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sarracenia flava   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarracenia flava   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sarracenia flava

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 089-01-001:
Sarracenia flava   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sarracenia flava

 

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1320

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, seepage bogs, pocosins. In the remote centers of peat domes and large peat-filled Carolina bays in NC, Sarracenia flava is sometimes very abundant, occasionally the dominant plant over areas exceeding several square kilometers, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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