Sarraceniaceae
Parrot pitcherplant
Sarracenia psittacina
- Family
- Sarraceniaceae
- Genus
- Sarracenia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 鸚鵡瓶子草, 鹦鹉瓶子草
- English
- Parrot pitcherplant
- German
- Papageien-Schlauchpflanze
- Malayalam
- സരസീനിയ പിറ്റാസിന, പാരറ്റ് പിച്ചർപ്ലാന്റ്
- Persian
- کوزهشیپوری طوطی
Synonyms
- Sarracenia calceolata Nutt.
- Sarracenia psittacina f. luteoviridis S.McPherson & D.E.Schnell
- Sarracenia psittacina f. viridescens S.McPherson & D.E.Schnell
- Sarracenia psittacina var. minor Hook.
- Sarracenia psittacina var. okefenokeensis S.McPherson & D.E.Schnell
- Sarracenia pulchella Croom
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michal Klajban, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 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.