OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Sarracenia jonesii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 089-01-002?:

Sarracenia rubra   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant


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image of Sarracenia jonesii, Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

JK Marlow    jkm100514_131

May    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Flowers nod, and they have a large, rather flat, umbrella-shaped style, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Sarracenia jonesii, Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

JK Marlow    jkm100514_133

May    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Flowers have 5 incurved, deciduous, red-purple petals only 1" long, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Sarracenia jonesii, Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

JK Marlow    jkm100514_150

May    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Flowers have 5 persistent sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Sarracenia jonesii, Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

Dan Whitten    sdw_053121_02847

May    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

image of Sarracenia jonesii, Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

Dan Whitten    sdw_053121_02849

May    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

Hoods are ascending, leaving the orifice exposed, per Weakley's Flora.


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image of Sarracenia jonesii, Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

JK Marlow    jkm100606_128

June    Greenville County    

Chandler Heritage Preserve

The tubes are often partially filled with liquid and decayed insect parts. — Patrick McMillan

image of Sarracenia jonesii, Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

JK Marlow    jkm220605_8231

June    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

Summer pitchers narrow, elongate (avg 40-50cm), ~ 20x as long as mouth's width, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Sarracenia jonesii, Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

JK Marlow    jkm220605_8235

June    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

image of Sarracenia jonesii, Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

JK Marlow    jkm220605_8239

June    Greenville County    SC

Chandler Heritage Preserve

Scapes are about the same height as the pitchers, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Sarracenia jonesii, Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

JK Marlow    jkm070920_023

September    Pickens County    SC

Poe Creek State Forest

image of Sarracenia jonesii, Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

JK Marlow    jkm070920_026

September    Pickens County    SC

Poe Creek State Forest

Leaves are a waxy dull green with crisscrossing maroon-purple veins. — Patrick McMillan

image of Sarracenia jonesii, Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

JK Marlow    jkm231025_6292

October    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Sarracenia jonesii, Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

JK Marlow    jkm231025_6293

October    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Sarracenia jonesii, Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

JK Marlow    jkm231025_6300

October    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sarracenia jonesii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 089-01-002?:
Sarracenia rubra   FAMILY Sarraceniaceae

 

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1322

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, cataract seeps over bedrock, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare (endemic to a small area in southwest NC & northwest SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring
Maroon outside, Green inside
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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