Sarracenia purpurea, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 349

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.302862

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1213417E-FE9D-FE9F-C986-F4D742BBC551

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scientific name

Sarracenia purpurea
status

 

1. S. purpurea L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 510 (1753) View Cited Treatment .

Leaves up to 20 cm, numerous, green, suffused or marbled with dark red, the outer ones spreading almost horizontally, all strongly winged on the adaxial side; terminal flap reniform, nearly erect, covered on the inner side with downwardly pointing hairs. Peduncles 20-60 cm; flowers nodding. Sepals 3 x 2 cm, ovate to rhombic, dark purple-red outside, pale green inside. Petals 3 x 1-5 cm, obovate, tapered to a short claw, purple-red on both surfaces. Apical disc of style c. 3 cm in diameter, pentagonal, greenish. Wet peat-bogs. Planted and thoroughly naturalized in a few places in W. Switzerland and C. Ireland. [Hb He.] (North America.)

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Sarraceniaceae

Genus

Sarracenia

Loc

Sarracenia purpurea

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964
1964
Loc

S. purpurea

L. 1753: 510
1753
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