Sarraceniaceae
Crimson pitcherplant
Sarracenia leucophylla
- Family
- Sarraceniaceae
- Genus
- Sarracenia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Afrikaans
- Witbekerplant
- Arabic
- سراسينية بيضاء الأوراق
- arz
- سراسينيه بيضاء الاوراق
- Chinese
- 白瓶子草, 白网纹瓶子草, 长叶瓶子草
- English
- Crimson pitcherplant, White-topped pitcher plant
- German
- Weisse Schlauchpflanze, Weiße Schlauchpflanze
- Japanese
- アミメヘイシソウ
- Macedonian
- Бело бардаче
- Persian
- کوزهشیپوری سفید
Synonyms
- Sarracenia alba (R.Hogg & T.Moore) Bell.
- Sarracenia drummondii Croom
- Sarracenia drummondii var. alba R.Hogg & T.Moore
- Sarracenia drummondii var. major Sander
- Sarracenia drummondii var. rubra G.Nicholson
- Sarracenia drummondii var. undulata (Decne.) L.H.Bailey
- Sarracenia gronovii var. drummondii (Croom) Alph.Wood
- Sarracenia laciniata A.Kern.
- Sarracenia leucophylla f. viridescens S.McPherson & D.E.Schnell
- Sarracenia leucophylla var. alba (R.Hogg & T.Moore) S.McPherson & D.E.Schnell
- Sarracenia mexicana Mast.
- Sarracenia undulata Decne.
- Sarracenia undulata var. alba (R.Hogg & T.Moore) Mast.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aaron Carlson from Menomonie, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: incidencematrix, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tippitiwichet, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tippitiwichet, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tippitiwichet, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tippitiwichet, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tippitiwichet, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tippitiwichet, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tippitiwichet, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tippitiwichet, 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.