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
  • Hooded Pitcher Plant
  • Hooded Pitcher-plant
  • Hooded pitcherplant
  • Pitcher Plant

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Location: Used with permission from John's Carnivorous Plants. Plants for sale: https://johnscarnivorousplants.com/
Location: North Carolina (Triad), US
Date: 19 May 2015
Location: Used with permission from John's Carnivorous Plants. Plants for sale: https://johnscarnivorousplants.com/
Photo by sedumzz
Location: North Carolina Botanical Gardens Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Date: February 28, 2023
Hooded Pitcher plant #389; RAB p. 512, 89-1-3; AG p. 57, 7-1-?, "
Location: Used with permission from John's Carnivorous Plants. Plants for sale: https://johnscarnivorousplants.com/
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-04-18
At Brooker Creek Headwaters Preserve
Location: Montreal, Canada
Date: 2013-05-28
Location: Montreal, Canada
Date: 2013-08-07

Date: 2010-11-21
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-04-18
At Brooker Creek Headwaters Preserve
Location: Bull Creek WMA - Osceola County, Florida 
Date: 18-APR-2008
Photo courtesy of Brian Ahern

Date: 2010-11-21
Location: Odessa, FL
Date: 2007-05-25
At Brooker Creek Headwaters Preserve
Location: Odessa, FL
Date: 2007-04-28
Back side of pitcher shows the white spots that lure insects into
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2015-04-18
Flowers normally nod downward.  This is me holding it up at Brook

photo credit: Mary Keim
Location: Lutz, FL
Date: 2007-04-28
Hugging at Brooker Creek Headwaters Preserve
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