What is a Sarracenia?
“North American Pitcher Plant” GENUS SARRACENIA Sarracenia are carnivorous plants. There are eight species native to the bogs of the Southeast United States. Their trumpet-like pitchers are used to trap and digest insects. There is endless variation in colors, shapes, and sizes; from the very popular lacey, fanned tops, or the slick green tubes with red veins, hooded, short and tubby, and everything in between. Often mistaken for flowers, the pitcher or trap is actually the leaf of the plant and has nothing to do with reproduction. The colorful lid on the tube-shaped traps works as a lure for insects, and does not close down. Sarracenia typically bloom in spring, producing showy flowers that range in color from ivory white to yellows, pinks and oranges, into deep red. In this growers opinion, Sarracenia flowers are the prettiest of all the carnivorous plants. Dont forget, these vibrant and delicate trumpet shaped pitchers are actually savage bug eaters. How They Trap Insects: Well, sav
