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Sarracenia minor
Hooded Pitcher Plant
Origin: North Carolina to Florida, United States.
| Family |
| Sarraceniaceae |
| Genus |
| Sarracenia |
| Species |
| minor |
| Category |
| Perennials |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 6 - 8 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 6 - 8 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H6 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -18 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 15 |
| Height |
| 0.9 m - 1.2 m |
| Spread |
| 0.4 - 0.7 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Bog gardens, terrariums, as a potted plant in specific conditions or as a specimen. |
| Cultivation |
| Plant in wet, loosely-draining humus-rich acidic soil in full sun. Bog garden environments are essential. |
| Shape |
| Upright clumping. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| ID Characteristic |
| Cupped pitcher leaves. |
| Pests |
| Aphids, scale, mealybugs, moth larvae, leaf spot and root rot. |
| Habitat |
| Bogs and swampy areas. |
| Leaf Description |
| Modified, glaborous, variegated pitcher-shaped leaves that grow upward between 25 - 40 cm tall. Can reach heights of up to 1.2 m in the wild. White opaque fenestration emulate light windows on the sides of the leaves. While glaborous on the outside, the inside of the leaves is covered in fine hairs that point downward. The entire interior is coated in a viscous digestive liquid. |
| Flower Description |
| Showy closed bell-shaped flowers with pinnate outer petals and closed inner pinnate petals that house the seeds. |
| Fruit Description |
| Small wrinkled seeds that resemble beans. |
| Colour Description |
| Pitchers vary in colour from lime greens to reddish-browns. Leaf colour is somewhat membranous in its pattern. Yellow-green flowers and burgundy seeds. |
| Texture Description |
| Smooth. |
| Notable Specimens |
| VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| Rhizome division or by seed. |
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