Sarraceniaceae
Purple pitcherplant
Sarracenia purpurea
- Family
- Sarraceniaceae
- Genus
- Sarracenia
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- سراسينية أرجوانية
- arz
- سراسينيه ارجوانيه
- Bulgarian
- Лилава сарацения
- Chinese
- 瓶子草, 紫瓶子草, 山地紫瓶子草, 球形紫瓶子草
- Czech
- Špirlice nachová
- Dutch
- Paarse trompetbekerplant
- English
- Purple pitcherplant, Northern pitcher plant, Purple pitcher plant, Side-saddle flower
- French
- Sarracénie pourpre, Sarracenie pourpre, Sarracénie venosa
- German
- Rote Schlauchpflanze
- Japanese
- ムラサキヘイシソウ
- Persian
- کوزهشیپوری ارغوانی
- Russian
- Саррацения пурпурная
- Swedish
- Flugtrumpet
- Welsh
- Piserlys porffor, Piserlys
Synonyms
- Sarazina gibbosa Raf.
- Sarracenia purpurea var. purpurea
- Sarracenia purpurea var. typica Macfarl.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 2,329 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Solomiya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sarah Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rebecca Bailey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Laura J. Costello, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Annemarie Ahrens-Stehle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KP Laer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Sarracenia
- Yellow pitcher plantSarracenia flavaSarraceniaceae
- Crimson pitcherplantSarracenia leucophyllaSarraceniaceae
- Yellow trumpetsSarracenia alataSarraceniaceae
- Green pitcherplantSarracenia oreophilaSarraceniaceae
- Parrot pitcherplantSarracenia psittacinaSarraceniaceae
- Hooded pitcherplantSarracenia minorSarraceniaceae
- Sweet pitcherplantSarracenia rubraSarraceniaceae
- Purple pitcherplantSarracenia roseaSarraceniaceae
- Sarracenia alabamensisSarraceniaceae
- Sarracenia catesbaeiSarraceniaceae
- Jones' pitcherplantSarracenia jonesiiSarraceniaceae
- Hybrid pitcherplantSarracenia × excellensSarraceniaceae
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.