General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Water gardens
Resistances: Flood Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: Stratify seeds in wet medium for 4-5 weeks
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Other: Division can be done in early to mid spring, after pitchers are cut back but just before new growth starts coming up.
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Carnivorous
Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • White Pitcher Plant
  • Crimson Pitcherplant
  • White Trumpet Pitcher Plant
  • Pitcher Plant
  • White Top Pitcher Plant
  • Crimson Pitcher-Plant
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Sarracenia leucophylla
  • Synonym: Sarracenia drummondii

Photo Gallery

Photo credit: Rhododendrites
Uploaded by _Bleu_
Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2015-11-15
In the "Savage Garden" exhibit at MOSI
Location: Kew Gardens, London, UK.
Date: 2022-08-31
Location: in my greenhouse in Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2021-05-12
Location: Kew Gardens, London, UK.
Date: 2022-08-31

Date: 2011-09-16
Location: Used with permission from John's Carnivorous Plants. Plants for sale: https://johnscarnivorousplants.com/
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2022-06-08
Location: Used with permission from John's Carnivorous Plants. Plants for sale: https://johnscarnivorousplants.com/
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2018-03-17

Date: c. 1889
illustration from the 1889 Siebrecht and Wadley catalog
Location: Mercer Botanical Garden  Houston, Tx
Date: 2014-05-19
Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2016-04-10
In the "Savage Garden" exhibit at MOSI.
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2018-03-17
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2018-03-17
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2018-03-17
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2018-03-17
Location: Jena Botanical Garden, Germany.
credit: User:Carstor

Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2015-11-15
In the "Savage Garden" exhibit at MOSI
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2022-06-08
Location: Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 2014-12-12
Discussion Threads about this plant
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S. oreophila or similar hybrid by sedumzz Mar 4, 2023 11:39 PM 3

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