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Sarracenia rosea
Also called Burk's Southern Pitcher Plant, Burke's Southern Pitcher Plant, Gulf Purple Pitcher Plant, Rose Pitcher Plant, Pink Pitcherplant
Sarracenia rosea is a carnivorous pitcher plant native to the Gulf Coast of the southeastern US, from Mississippi to Georgia and Florida. It is hardy and perennial, and it tolerates more shade than most of its genus, so keep it in bright but not blazing conditions with wet, acidic roots.
Sarracenia rosea is a species of pitcher plant in the genus Sarracenia and is sometimes known as Burk's southern pitcher plant.
The species is native to the Gulf Coast of the Southeastern United States, and has been found from Mississippi to Georgia. However, the areas in which the plant occurs are being developed, so the species's habitat is threatened. Along with Sarracenia psittacina, however, this species readily colonizes drainage ditches along highways throughout the gulf states. This provides a somewhat more sustainable, albeit less natural, habitat. However, even with the drainage ditch habitat, there is danger from DOT ROW spraying of miscellaneous herbicides, primarily growth-suppressants and broadleaf killers. S. rosea is appreciably more shade-tolerant than the other members of the genus.
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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.
