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Sarracenia rubra jonesii

(Mountain Sweet Pitcher Plant)

Overview

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Endangered

Threat status

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Jones' Pitcherplant, Mountain Sweet Pitcher Plant, Mountain Sweet Pitcher-Plant, Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant

Description

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Physical Description

Flowers: Bloom Period: March, April, May. • Flower Color: green, red

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 12-18" tall.

Habitat

Ecology: Found on streamside edges and mountain bogs , usually on soils of the Toxaway silt loam or Hatboro loam series. Most sites are depression bogs apart from the streamside edges.


List of Habitats :5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) 5.4Wetlands (inland) - Bogs, Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space 9-12" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 6.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Sarracenia Rubra Jonesii
  2. Sarracenia rubra Walter fo. jonesii (Wherry) C. R. Bell
  3. Sarracenia rubra Walter form jonesii (Wherry) C. R. Bell
  4. Sarracenia rubra Walter jonesii (Wherry) Wherry

Notes

Publishing author : Wherry Publication : Castanea 37: 146 1972 Basionym author: (Wherry) Basionym: Sarraceniaceae Sarracenia jonesii WherryName Status: Accepted Name . Synonym: Sarracenia jonesii. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: March 15, 2000.

An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Place of publication: Castanea 37:146. 1972

Name verified on 10-Oct-1991 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 05-Mar-2003

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Sarracenia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 333 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

S. 'Abandoned Hope' (Pitcher Plant) · S. acuta · S. 'Adrian Slack' (Pitcher Plant) · S. adunca · S. ahlesii (Ahles' Pitcherplant) · S. alabamensis · S. alabamensis alabamensis · S. alata (Pale Pitcher Plant) · S. alata(Wood) · S. alata 'Black Tube' · S. alata 'Citronelle' · S. alata 'Copper Lid' · S. alata f. pubescens (Tall Pitcher) · S. alata 'Green' (Tall Pitcher) · S. alata heavily-veined · S. alata 'Nicolson' · S. alata 'Night' · S. alata 'Orange Sunset' (Tall Pitcher) · S. alata pubescent · S. alata purple lid · S. alata red form · S. alata 'Red Lid' · S. alata 'Red Lid' × flava red pitcher · S. alata wavy lid · S. alata white-flowered · S. alata × · S. alata × flava · S. alata × flava var. maxima · S. alata × minor · S. alata · S. alata · S. alata yellow form · S. alba · S. 'Anxious Debate' (Pitcher Plant) · S. areolata (Pitcherplant) · S. atkinsoniana · S. atropurpurea · S. atrosanguinea · S. 'Beryl' · S. 'Big Mama' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Blackankle' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Blackened Redfish' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Black Tube' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Boob Tube' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Brook's Hybrid' (Pitcher Plant) · S. brucei · S. 'Brunswick Beauty' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Bug Pipes' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Bug Scoop' (Tall Pitcher) · S. 'Burgundy' (Pitcher Plant) · S. calceolata · S. 'Carolina Cooler' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Case's Resolve' (Hybrid Pitcher Plant) · S. catesbaei (Catesby's Pitcherplant) · S. 'Chagall' · S. 'Chas' Brew' (Pitcher Plant) · S. chelsonii (Chelson's Pitcherplant) · S. 'Citronelli' (Pitcher) · S. 'Claret' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Cobra Nest' (Hybrid Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Coral' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Cotton Patch' (Pitcher) · S. courtii (Court's Pitcherplant) · S. crispata · S. 'Dana's Delight' (Hybrid Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Daniel Rudd' (Tall Pitcher) · S. 'Dark Ladies' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Decora' (Tall Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Diane Whittaker' · S. 'Dixie Lace' (Hybrid Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Don Schnell' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Doodlebug' · S. 'Doodle Bug' (Hybrid Pitcher Plant) · S. drummondii · S. drummondii var. undulata · S. erythropus · S. 'Evendine' (Tall Pitcher) · S. excellens (Pitcherplant) · S. exculta · S. exornata (Pitcherplant) · S. 'Fireworks' (Pitcher) · S. 'Flair' (Hybrid Pitcher Plant) · S. flava (Yellow Pitcher Plant) · S. flava 'All Green' (Tall Pitcher) · S. flava 'Burgundy' · S. flava 'Claret' · S. flava gigantea · S. flava L. 'Heavy' · S. flava major · S. flava maxima · S. flava ornata · S. flava picta · S. flava 'Pocahontas' · S. flava 'Prince George County' · S. flava 'Suspicion' · S. flava var. atropurpurea (Tall Pitcher) · S. flava var. catesbaei · S. flava var. cuprea · S. flava var. cuprea 'Copper Lid' (Tall Pitcher) · S. flava var. flava

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Last Revised: 7/2/2009