Sarracenia rubra, also known as the sweet or purple pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Like all Sarracenia, it is native to the New World. Its range extends from southern Mississippi, through southern Alabama, the Florida panhandle and Georgia, to the coastal plains of North Carolina and South Carolina.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sweet 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.
Easily confused with
- Sarracenia jonesii
- Sarracenia alata
- Sarracenia minor
- Sarracenia oreophila
- Sarracenia leucophylla
- Sarracenia psittacina
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Sarraceniaceae
- Genus
- Sarracenia
- Species
- Sarracenia rubra
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