Friday, 30 October 2015

Sarracenia purpurea

  • Common Name - purple pitcher plant
  • Botanical Name - Sarracenia purpurea
  • Family -Sarraceniaceae
  • Bark - smooth, lightly fissured
  • Leaf - modified leaf, tube/pitchers
  • Flower - single/5 petal/red flower on stalk, fly pollinated
  • Bud - basal
  • Habit - spreading
  • Form - mounding
  • Size - 0.75-1.5 ft
  • Culture - full sun, sandy/peat moss/moist soil
  • Use - specimen plant

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