Sweet Pitcher Plant
Sarracenia rubra
Slender rust-red pitchers and genuinely fragrant maroon flowers — the sweetest-scented of the pitcher plants. Several named subspecies split the Southeast between them; all want acidic peat, constant moisture and sun.
- Family
- Sarraceniaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- red
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- rain garden
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC
Related native plants
More Sarracenia species
- Purple Pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea)
- Yellow Pitcherplant (Sarracenia flava)
- Pale Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia alata)
- Hooded Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia minor)
- White-topped Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia leucophylla)
- Parrot Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia psittacina)