Accession Data

Sarracenia rosea

Common Name: Burk's Southern Pitcher Plant

Family: Sarraceniaceae

Country of Origin: southeastern USA

Description: Previously classified as a variety of S. purpurea subsp. venosa (var. burkii). The new name was proposed in 1999 based on three main factors: S. rosea has larger flowers on shorter stalks; it produces light pink petals, a feature no other species in the genus exhibits; and it has a somewhat different pitcher structure than S. purpurea. 4

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 4a-9b

Accession #: 200300285

Accession Date: 2003-08-28 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2310

Quantity: 3

Source: Doug Goldman - Cornell / Harvard

Provenance: Acquired as part of a mixed bog garden (in a plastic tote) donated by Doug Goldman in August 2002. Separated out various components of the mix and finally grew them to sufficient size to ID in August 2003

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: asterids

Order: Ericales

Family: Sarraceniaceae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, March 29, 2018.
  2. Sarracenia rosea at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, March 29, 2018.
  3. Naczi, R.F.C., E.M. Soper, F.W. Case Jr., and R.B. Case. 1999. Sarracenia rosea (Sarraceniaceae), a new species of pitcher plant from the Southeastern United States. SIDA 18: 1183-1206. Last accessed on Thursday, March 29, 2018.
  4. Sarracenia rosea at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Thursday, March 29, 2018.

Images

Sarracenia rosea