Sarraceniaceae
Yellow pitcher plant
Sarracenia flava
- Family
- Sarraceniaceae
- Genus
- Sarracenia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- عشبة الأباريق البوقية الصفراء
- arz
- عشبة الاباريق البوقية الصفراء
- Chinese
- 黄瓶子草
- Dutch
- Gele trompetbekerplant
- English
- Yellow pitcher plant, Yellow pitcherplant, Trumpet-leaved pitcher plant
- German
- Gelbe Schlauchpflanze
- Hungarian
- Sárga kürtvirág
- Japanese
- キバナヘイシソウ
- Persian
- Sarracenea flava
Synonyms
- Sarracenia acuta Raf.
- Sarracenia atropurpurea W.Bull
- Sarracenia atrosanguinea André
- Sarracenia erythropus (Mast.) W.Bull
- Sarracenia fildesii G.Nicholson
- Sarracenia flava f. rugelii (Shuttlew. ex A.DC.) Anon.
- Sarracenia flava f. viridescens S.McPherson & D.E.Schnell
- Sarracenia flava var. atropurpurea Rob.
- Sarracenia flava var. atrosanguinea (André) Mast.
- Sarracenia flava var. cuprea Schnell
- Sarracenia flava var. erythropus Mast.
- Sarracenia flava var. gigantea Burb.
- Sarracenia flava var. limbata Mast.
- Sarracenia flava var. major E.Otto
- Sarracenia flava var. maxima B.S.Williams
- Sarracenia flava var. media Macfarl.
- Sarracenia flava var. minima Mast.
- Sarracenia flava var. ornata Rob.
- Sarracenia flava var. picta B.S.Williams
- Sarracenia flava var. rubra André
- Sarracenia flava var. rubricorpora Schnell
- Sarracenia flava var. rugelii (Shuttlew. ex A.DC.) Mast.
- Sarracenia flava var. sanguinea Burb.
- Sarracenia gronovii Alph.Wood
- Sarracenia gronovii var. flava (L.) Alph.Wood
- Sarracenia rugelii Shuttlew. ex A.DC.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sarr Cat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: US Forest Service - Southern Region, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, 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.