Sarracenia alata

Sarracenia alata

Taxobox
name = Pale pitcher plant
status = LR/nt
status_system = IUCN2.3



image_caption = "Sarracenia alata" flowers
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Sarraceniaceae
genus = "Sarracenia"
species = "S. alata"
binomial = "Sarracenia alata"
binomial_authority = Alph.Wood
range_


range_map_caption = "Sarracenia alata" range

"Sarracenia alata", also known as the Pale pitcher plant or Pale trumpet, is a carnivorous plant in the genus "Sarracenia". Like all the "Sarracenia", it is native to the New World and grows in permanently wet and open wetlands typically classified as longleaf pine ("Pinus palustris") savannas. The Pale pitcher plant's habitat is split into two geographically separate areas: an eastern range from eastern Louisiana across southern Mississippi and into western Alabama and a western range from eastern Texas into western Louisiana. In Mississippi, stands of "Sarracenia alata" rival in size those of any other "Sarracenia" species.

Among members of "Sarracenia" the floral coloring of "Sarracenia alata" is remarkably varied. Flowers may be cream to white, greenish, yellow or reddish. As the floral color variations exist within populations hundreds of miles from any other "Sarracenia" species, these variations cannot be attributed to hybridization.

Other than the range of floral colors, "Sarracenia alata" differs little from "Sarracenia rubra". The veining of "Sarracenia rubra" pitchers tends to be more reticulated whereas that of "Sarracenia alata" often exhibits more of a pinstripe pattern and grows taller pitchers.

References

* D’Amato, Peter. 1998. "The Savage Garden". Berkeley. ISBN 0-89815-915-6


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