Purple Pitcherplant

Sarracenia purpurea L. - Pitcher-plant family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 30 inches

Plant Type: Forb/herb

Features

Flower Color: Red, Green, Purple

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Purple Pitcherplant: Endothenia daeckeana, Endothenia hebesana, Exyra fax, Exyra nigrocaput, Exyra rolandiana, Papaipema appassoinata

Native Range

  • USA:  Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N), SPM (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.