Sarracenia minor
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Photo Courtesy Renee Brecht |
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| Botanical name: | Sarracenia minor |
| Common name: | hooded pitcher plant |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Sarraceniaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb; subshrub |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native to US but introduced into NJ |
| Plant height: | 6 - 18'' |
| Foliage: | domed pitchers with translucent white patches through which light enters. |
| Flower: | yellow |
| Flowering time: | March - May |
| Habitat: | acidic, wet ground of bogs and swamps |
| Range in New Jersey: | planted in a pine barrens site in Ocean county, poss. 1950s, and has persisted |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |