Sarracenia 'Trumpet Pitcher Plant'

Sarracenia, also known as a Trumpet Pitcher, is an herbaceous perennial and carnivorous plant in the pitcher plant family native to marshes and bogs, pinelands and wet forest floors in the southeastern United States. In pine forests, it can be found in areas that are not dense with pine, but with meadow-like openings. Typically, these openings will be waterlogged due to dense soils that lead to high acid in the soil and low nitrogen, leading this plant to look to insects for nutrients. Insects are attracted to the pitcher shaped leaves by droplets of nectar on the leaf along with reddish veins on the open portion of the leaf. The pitcher shaped leaves contain a pool of water.  As the insect makes its way to the water, it will encounter downward-pointing hairs that prevent the insect from exiting. The water pool contains insect-digesting enzymes that assist the plant in digesting the insect. The plants should not be manually fed or given food scraps. The plant cannot digest fats, and fertilizers can burn the plant. This plant goes dormant in the fall and dormancy continues until spring.

Please Note: Trumpet Pitchers are threatened by habitat loss, development, and over-collection. Never harvest these plants from the wild.

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