Sarracenia flava L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Sarraceniaceae

• Scientific Name

  Sarracenia flava L.

• Description

  Species Description - Lvs erect, 3–8 dm, slender, gradually widened distally and widest at the summit, the wing seldom as much as 1 cm wide, the hood depressed-ovate and raised on a stipe-like base; scapes to 1 m; fls 8–10 cm wide, the pet yellow; 2n=26. Sandy bogs and wet pine-lands; se. Va. to n. Fla. and s. Ala. May. A hybrid with no. 1 [Sarracenia purpurea L.] is S. ×catesbaei Elliott.