Species · genus Sarracenia · Sarraceniaceae

Trumpets

Sarracenia flava L.

Also known as: Yellow Pitcherplant · Trumpetleaf · Umbrella-trumpets

Growth habit

perennial or rhizomatous geophyte

Native range

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia

Reference · S. flava

Cultivars of S. flava

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under S. flava yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Sarracenia flava is a rhizomatous carnivorous pitcher plant from the wet, sunny bogs of the southeastern United States, where its roots sit in constantly moist, nutrient-poor, acidic ground. Stand the pot in a shallow tray of rainwater or distilled water and keep the mineral-free, peat-and-sand mix wet at all times — never let the surface dry out — refilling the tray whenever it runs low. Tap water and fertilizer will harm it, and it needs a cold winter dormancy to survive long term.

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 1-3d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Direct sun

Water

≈ every 3 days

Humidity

High

Temperature

5–30 °C

Soil mix

Nutrient-poor peat and sand blend, never fertile potting soil

Propagation

Division of rhizomes or seed

Fertilizing

None at the roots; feeds by catching insects

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Tall yellow spring flowers before the pitchers

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 1-3d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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