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parrot pitcher plant

Sarracenia psittacina

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mississippi.January 46, February 48, March 49, April 97, May 51, June 33, July 27, August 29, September 37, October 43, November 32, December 36.
United States2,170
Mississippi506
Alabama419
Louisiana259
Georgia135
South Carolina12
Washington2
Missouri1
Idaho1

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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

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderHeathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
FamilyNew World pitcher plants · Sarraceniaceae
GenusNorth American pitcher plants · Sarracenia

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