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Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. gibbosa (Raf.) Wherry
purple pitcherplant

       
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Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. gibbosa (Raf.) Wherry

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Synonyms:
Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. gibbosa (Raf.) Wherry

  SAHE5 Sarracenia heterophylla Eaton
  SAPUH Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. heterophylla (Eaton) Torr.
  SAPUR Sarracenia purpurea L. var. ripicola B. Boivin
  SAPUS Sarracenia purpurea L. var. stolonifera Macfarlane & D.W. Steckbeck
  SAPUT Sarracenia purpurea L. var. terrae-novae La Pylaie
 

Distribution:
Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. gibbosa (Raf.) Wherry

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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (CA, CT, DC, DE, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. gibbosa (Raf.) Wherry

View 2 genera in Sarraceniaceae, 26 species in Sarracenia, 2 subspecies in Sarracenia purpurea L.
 

Classification:
Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. gibbosa (Raf.) Wherry

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Nepenthales
Family Sarraceniaceae – Pitcher-plant family
Genus Sarracenia L. – pitcherplant
Species Sarracenia purpurea L. – purple pitcherplant
Subspecies Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. gibbosa (Raf.) Wherry – purple pitcherplant
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. gibbosa (Raf.) Wherry

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
Sarracenia purpurea
decumbent pitcher plant              Threatened
Georgia:
Sarracenia purpurea
purple pitcherplant              Endangered
Illinois:
Sarracenia purpurea
pitcher plant              Endangered
Maryland:
Sarracenia purpurea
northern pitcher-plant              Threatened
Michigan:
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. heterophylla
yellow pitcher-plant              Threatened
New York:
Sarracenia purpurea
pitcher-plant              Exploitably Vulnerable
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. gibbosa (Raf.) Wherry

Sarracenia purpurea:

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. gibbosa (Raf.) Wherry

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 195653.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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