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Sarracenia minor
Also called Hooded pitcher plant, Rainhat Trumpet, Spotted Pitcherplant
Sarracenia minor is a small perennial carnivorous pitcher plant from the southeastern US, known for hooded pitchers with translucent windows. Grow it in wet, acidic, sunny to lightly shaded conditions with a winter dormancy.
Sarracenia minor, also known as the hooded pitcherplant, is a perennial, terrestrial, rhizomatous, herbaceous, carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Like all the Sarracenia, it is native to North America.
This plant can be found in areas of northern and central Florida and in Georgia up to the southern part of North Carolina. The species exhibits the southernmost range of any member of the genus Sarracenia extending to fragmented populations surrounding Lake Okeechobee in south-central Florida.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
