| Description | Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) is a carnivorous plant using the basic waterfall pitfall trap to capture its prey. Differs from other Pitcher plants in the sense that the pitchers lay horizontal with the top facing upward. |
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| Pronunciation | (sar-uh-SEN-ee-uh) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Carnivorous plants |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Moisture | grows in the wettest parts of the bog, acid |
| Soil & Site | wet, acidic |
| Flowers | purple red |
| Leaves | forms pitchers that can be bronze to intense crimson-maroon, the pitchers are full of water and quickly saturate the insect making it almost impossible to escape, it is thought that they excrete a wetting agent that decreases the buoyancy of the insect |
| Cultivar Origin | the earliest record of this plant was 1601 |
| Misc Facts | AKA: purple pitcher plant, northern pitcher plant, turtle socks, side-saddle flower, Adam's Cup, Carrion Flower, Dumb Watches, False Foxglove, Fever Cup, Fly Trap, Huntsman's Cup, Huntsman's Horn, Indian Cup |
| Author's Notes | Refer back to the ABCs of Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia) for additional information on the culture of this plant. |
| Notes & Reference | #271-Carnivorous Plants (Adrain Slack) |
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