Sarracenia rubra subsp. rubra

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 361. Mentioned on page 362.

Pitchers (6–) 12–30 (–50) cm, gradually tapering from base to orifice, glabrous or short-hairy; orifice 0.5–2.5 cm wide; hood narrowly ovate, ± flat, not much undulated, 0.7–4.5 × 0.7–3.9 cm, length-to-width ratio 1–4.3. Scapes 12–66 cm, usually 2–3 times taller than tallest pitchers.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat: Wet pine savannas and flatwoods, pineland seepage slopes, bogs, boggy streamheads, boggy pond margins, springy hillsides near fall line
Elevation: 0-200 m

Discussion

Subspecies rubra occurs on the coastal plain from southeastern North Carolina (Carteret and Wayne counties) to western Georgia (Muskogee County). In southeastern North Carolina, some plants can be relatively small and form dense colonies.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"winged" is not a number."variable" is not a number."length" is not a number.

not versatile +  and dorsifixed +
rounded;rounded;rounded;obtuse;obtuse;rounded +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
T. Lawrence Mellichamp +  and Frederick W. Case +
Walter +
attenuate +  and cordate +
constricted +
costate +  and purple-veined +
blotched +, green +, pink +, red +, purplish +, reddish +  and yellow-green +
ovate-oblong +, ovate-triangular +  and arched +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
tuberculate +
globose +  and ovoid +
not stoloniferous +
mat-forming +
52 cm520 mm <br />0.52 m <br /> (57 cm570 mm <br />0.57 m <br />) +
dark maroon-red +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (52 cm520 mm <br />0.52 m <br />) +
ceraceous +  and firm +
umbrellalike +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Ga. +, N.C. +  and S.C. +
0-200 m +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
puberulent +  and glabrous +
fragrant +
loculicidal +
tuberculate +
globose;ovoid or obconic shallowly 5-lobed or 10-lobed +
Wet pine savannas and flatwoods, pineland seepage slopes, bogs, boggy streamheads, boggy pond margins, springy hillsides near fall line +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
erect +  and recurved +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (3.9 cm39 mm <br />0.039 m <br />) +
elliptic +, ovate +, orbiculate +  and obovate +
rosette-forming +
reflexed +  and pendulous +
notched +
erose +  and entire +
undulate +  and entire +
red;maroon +
distinct +
0.7cm;4.5cm +
longer than wide +
flat +  and slightly undulate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
partly to completely covered by hood +  and gaping +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
axile +  and parietal +
5-lobed +, globose +  and conic +
tenuinucellate +  and bitegmic +
maroon +  and red +
distinct +
Flowering Apr–May. +
falcate +  and oblanciform +
purple-veined +
red +, green +  and flushed red or solid maroon +
short-hairy +  and glabrous +
cordate;attenuate +
Fl. Carol., +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
vertical +  and horizontal +
green +  and red or maroon +
deltate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
2-3 times taller than tallest pitchers +
1 +  and 2 +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (66 cm660 mm <br />0.66 m <br />) +
tuberculate +  and reticulate-tuberculate +
keeled;irregularly clavate;reniform-obovate +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
persistent +
ovate;ovate-triangular +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
50 +  and 100 +
filiform +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
expanded +
hairy +  and glabrous +
Sarracenia rubra subsp. rubra +
Sarracenia rubra +
subspecies +
52 cm520 mm <br />0.52 m <br /> (57 cm570 mm <br />0.57 m <br />) +
dark maroon-red +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (52 cm520 mm <br />0.52 m <br />) +
ceraceous +  and firm +
reticulate-veined +  and maroon-veined +
scapose +, stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +