Sarraceniaceae
Sweet pitcherplant
Sarracenia rubra
- Family
- Sarraceniaceae
- Genus
- Sarracenia
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Common names
By language (6)
- arz
- ساراسينيا روبرا
- Chinese
- 紅瓶子草, 红瓶子草, 红花瓶子草
- English
- Sweet pitcherplant, Sweet pitcher plant
- German
- Braunrote Schlauchpflanze
- hsb
- Brunočerwjena hadźicowka
- Russian
- Саррацения красная
Synonyms
- Sarracenia gronovii var. rubra (Walter) Alph.Wood
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Photo by and, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tippitiwichet, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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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.