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Burk's southern pitcher plant
Sarracenia rosea
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
purple pitcher plantSarracenia purpurea
parrot pitcher plantSarracenia psittacina
yellow pitcher plantSarracenia flava
white pitcher plantSarracenia leucophylla
Pale Pitcher PlantSarracenia alata
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,307 |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 594 |
| Mississippi | 27 |
| Georgia | 16 |
| North Carolina | 5 |
| South Carolina | 4 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Behavioral
- CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Checked by the maintainer
Physical
- Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
Group and habits
- Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Carnivorous plantDescends from a plant lineage whose members are carnivorous plants.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales |
| Family | New World pitcher plants · Sarraceniaceae |
| Genus | North American pitcher plants · Sarracenia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Burk's southern pitcher plant with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.