Sarracenia leucophylla
White-topped pitcher plant
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Sarracenia leucophylla, also known as the crimson pitcherplant, purple trumpet-leaf or white pitcherplant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia.
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Sarracenia leucophylla, also known as the crimson pitcherplant, purple trumpet-leaf or white pitcherplant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia.
Distribution
Like all the sarracenias, it is native to North America. The species is endemic to the Southeastern United States.
It inhabits moist and low-nutrient longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) savannas, primarily along the United States Gulf Coast, and generally west of the Apalachicola River on the Florida Panhandle. It is also found in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Carolina.
Habitat
- Altitude
- 0–100 m
- Altitude Class
- lowland
- Native To
- United States, Georgia, North Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- easy
- Temperature
- Summer 22–32°C / Winter dormancy 0–10°C
- Humidity
- 50–80%
- Notes
- Dramatic white lids with red venation. Gulf Coast endemic.