Hooded pitcher plant

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Sarracenia minor

Hooded pitcher plant, a reference photo
Photo: Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Sarracenia minor, also known as the hooded pitcherplant, is a perennial, terrestrial, rhizomatous, herbaceous, carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Like all the Sarracenia, it is native to North America.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Hooded pitcher plant being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Sarraceniaceae
Species
Sarracenia minor

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