These carnivorous rhizomatous plants form a clump with bright green linear leaves and some of these leaves are modified to form pitchers with lids. The solitary yellow-green pendant cup-shaped flowers appear during summer and it is normally found in bogs.

Hardiness zones 7 to 11

Sarracenia speciesare naturally found growing in nutrient deficient acidic bogs from Canada to Florida in Northern America. It grows in damp peaty acidic soils that are wet and boggy in a semi-shaded to bright filtered light with wind, frost and drought protection.

These carnivorous plants are grown as a specimen both in boggy soils and as a container plant. In cold regions it is grown under glass and in warmer climates as a houseplant. However some species occur naturally as far north as the Canadian artic. It established from division in 1 to 2 years.ID 1309

Note:
They vary in the pitcher shape and trapping method but primarily consist of a cylindrical tube that contains nectar and a ridge lid. The colour of the upper parts of the pitcher varies from red to maroon highlighting the net venation.

Sarracenia(să-ra-SEN-ee-a) species

Sarraceniaceae(SAH-rah-SEE-nee-AY-see-ee)