Sarracenia purpurea L.

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Introduced into:

Austria, California, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, Switzerland, Washington

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

• Adlassnig, W., Mayer, E., Peroutka, M., Pois, W. & Lichtscheidl, I.K. (2010). Two American Sarracenia species as neophyta in Central Europe. Phyton; Annales Rei Botanica 49: 279-292.
• Chadde, S.W. (2019). Wisconsin Flora ed. 2: 1-818. Steve W. Chadde.
• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
• Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
• Herkert, J.R. & Ebinger, J.E. (eds.) (2002). Endangered and Threatened Species of Illinois: status and distribution 1: 1-161. Endangered species protection board, Springfield, Illinois.
• Jalas, J., Suominen, J., Lampinen, R. & Kurtto, A.(eds.) (1999). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 12: 1-250.
• Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
• Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
• Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
• Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
• Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.

Kew Species Profiles

• Butler, J. L., Atwater, D. Z. & Ellison, A. M. (2005). Red-spotted newts: an unusual nutrient source for northern pitcher plants. Northeastern Naturalist 12: 1-10.
• Cheek, M. (1994). The correct names for the subspecies of Sarracenia purpurea L. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 23: 69-73.
• Cheek, M., Schnell, D., Reveal, J. L. & Schlauer, J. (1997). Proposal to conserve the name Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae) with a new type. Taxon 46: 781-783.
• Foss, P. J. & O’Connell, C. A. (1985). Notes on the ecology of Sarracenia purpurea L. on Irish peatlands. The Irish Naturalists’ Journal 21: 440-443.
• Gotelli, N. J. & Ellison, A. M. (2002). Nitrogen deposition and extinction risk in the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea. Ecology 83: 2758-2765.
• Moerman, D. E. (2009). Native American Medicinal Plants: an Ethnobotanical Dictionary. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon.
• Nastase, A. J., De La Rosa, C. & Newell, S. J. (1995). Abundance of pitcher-plant mosquitoes, Wyeomyia smithii (Coq.) (Diptera: Culicidae) and midges, Metriocnemus knabi Coq. (Diptera: Chironomidae), in relation to pitcher characteristics of Sarracenia purpurea L. American Midland Naturalist 133: 44-51.
• NatureServe – Sarracenia purpurea.
• Preston, C. D., Pearman, D. A. & Dines, T. D. (2002). New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora: an Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. CD-ROM. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• Schnell, D. E. (2002). Carnivorous Plants of the United States and Canada. Timber Press, Portland Oregon.
• The Plant List (2010). Sarracenia purpurea.

Kew Backbone Distributions

• Adlassnig, W., Mayer, E., Peroutka, M., Pois, W. & Lichtscheidl, I.K. (2010). Two American Sarracenia species as neophyta in Central Europe. Phyton; Annales Rei Botanica 49: 279-292.
• Chadde, S.W. (2019). Wisconsin Flora ed. 2: 1-818. Steve W. Chadde.
• Douglas, G.W., Meidinger, D. & Penny, J.L. (2002). Rare Native Vascular Plants of British Columbia . ed. 2: 1-358. Province of British Columbia.
• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
• Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
• Herkert, J.R. & Ebinger, J.E. (eds.) (2002). Endangered and Threatened Species of Illinois: status and distribution 1: 1-161. Endangered species protection board, Springfield, Illinois.
• Jalas, J., Suominen, J., Lampinen, R. & Kurtto, A.(eds.) (1999). Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of vascular plants in Europe 12: 1-250.