Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea is found in boggy
areas of North America from New Jersey through Quebec and Michigan,
to the Northwest Territory of Canada. Sarracenia purpurea ssp.
venosa is found in Georgia through the Carolinas to Virginia. Sarracenia rosea is found in southern Alabama and Georgia and the Florida panhandle. Sarracenia purpurea and S. rosea are very adaptable
plants for outdoors and S. rosea also makes an excellent plant for a very
bright terrarium. The flowers of Sarracenia purpurea are deep red while the flowers of S. rosea are pink.
Adult plants enjoy full sun outdoors. Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea requires seasons in order to survive long term. Sarracenia
purpurea ssp. venosa is tolerant of moderate seasons while S. rosea is very tolerant of moderate to no seasons.
Seedlings of both species make excellent terrarium plants without
winter dormancy for up to two years. You might be able to keep Sarracenia
rosea in a terrarium indefinitely.
For producing seeds and growing seedlings, you may use the general
guidelines for growing Sarracenia from
seed. S. purpurea does well in either sphagnum
or peat mixes. S. rosea likes peat mixes best. The plants should always be in short pots
sitting in pure water when they are growing. They should be top-watered
regularly to maintain the oxygen levels for the roots and to keep
salt levels down in the soil.
For more information please see:
Schnell, Donald (1981) A Photographic Primer of Variants of Sarracenia purpurea L.. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 10(2):41-44 (
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Hanrahan, Bob and Jim Miller (1998) History of discovery: yellow flowered Sarracenia purpurea L. subsp. venosa (Raf.) wherry var. burkii. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 27(1):14-17
Stevens, Tim (2002) An Interview with Dr. Rob Naczi about Sarracenia rosea. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 31(3):87-92 (
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Rice, Barry A. (2003) A Sarracenia purpurea var. montana conservation project. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 32(4):103-106 (
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Mazur, Carl J. and Jay Lechtman (2005) A Veinless Form of Sarracenia purpurea subsp. purpurea Discovered in Ontario, Canada. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 34(3):79-84 (
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Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa
Sarracenia rosea
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