Sarraceniaceae
Yellow trumpets
Sarracenia alata
- Family
- Sarraceniaceae
- Genus
- Sarracenia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- سراسينة جناحية
- arz
- سراسينيه جناحيه
- Chinese
- 翼状瓶子草, 翅状瓶子草
- English
- Yellow trumpets
- German
- Blasse Schlauchpflanze
- Igbo
- Yellow trumpets
Synonyms
- Sarracenia alata f. viridescens S.McPherson & D.E.Schnell
- Sarracenia alata var. atrorubra S.McPherson & D.E.Schnell
- Sarracenia alata var. cuprea S.McPherson & D.E.Schnell
- Sarracenia alata var. nigropurpurea S.McPherson & D.E.Schnell
- Sarracenia alata var. ornata S.McPherson & D.E.Schnell
- Sarracenia alata var. rubrioperculata S.McPherson & D.E.Schnell
- Sarracenia crispata André
- Sarracenia flava var. crispata (André) Mast.
- Sarracenia gronovii var. alata Alph.Wood
- Sarracenia intermedia Bonstedt
- Sarracenia purpurea var. alata (Alph.Wood) Alph.Wood
- Sarracenia sledgei Macfarl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Aaron Carlson from Menomonie, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: William L. Farr, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: William L. Farr, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: David A. Harrison, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.