Sarracenia rubra ssp. gulfensis

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Family:SARRACENIACEAE
Species:Sarracenia rubra Walter ssp. gulfensis D.E. Schnell
Common Name:Gulf Coast Red Pitcher Plant
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Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:The Gulf Coast Red Pitcher Plant is a native herbaceous perennial in the Pitcher Plant Family (Sarraceniaceae). It is endemic to the Southern Pine Plains and Hills ecoregion of Alabama and Florida, and is currently known from a single locality in Alabama (Covington County). The Gulf Coast Red Pitcher Plant grows in open, fire-maintained seepage slopes, along streams, and in bogs. It is a perennial from a rhizome. Two types of leaves may be produced: phyllodia (flattened leaf stalks that function as leaves) and traps (hollow tubular leaves). Phyllodia are uncommon in this species. They are reddish to green in color, erect, and lanceolate in outline. Trap leaves are erect, tubular, 15 to 80 cm tall, with an overarching hood. They are externally glabrous to weakly puberulent and range in color from green to red. There can have prominent red venation along the upper portion of the leaf and hood in bright light. The interior of the trap is pubescent with downward pointing hairs. The trap leaf is partially filled with rainwater and digestive enzymes. Insects attracted to the colorful leaves and sweet exudate drown in the fluid and are digested by the plant. Flowers are solitary on a long scape produced before any trap leaves open. The flowers are nodding and red in color. Each flower has 5 persistent triangular sepals and 5 petals. The petals droop between the lobes of the enlarged style disc. The fruit is a capsule. The Gulf Coast Red Pitcher Plant is listed as a S1 species in Alabama (Typically 5 or fewer occurrences, very few remaining individuals making it especially vulnerable in the state), and globally as a G3 species (imperiled globally because of rarity (6 - 20 occurrences) or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors). The Gulf Coast Red Pitcher Plant is available from nurseries specializing in carnivorous plants. It requires wet, nutrient-poor, acidic soil in full sun.—F. Parrish.
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Status:Native
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Classification

FamilySARRACENIACEAE - Pitcher-Plant family
Genus Sarracenia
Species Sarracenia rubra Walter ssp. gulfensis D.E. Schnell - Gulf Coast Red Pitcher Plant

Citation

Citation Sarracenia rubra Walter subsp. gulfensis D.E. Schnell, Castanea 44(4): 218–223, f. 1–2. 1979.
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Type: USA: FLORIDA: Okaloosa Co.: Eglin AFB, ca. 20 km north of Niceville, Jun 1974 (holotype: NCU).

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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Covington

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Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
ALNHS00009251 Covington 09 Apr 2024 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#6302		 ALNHS
Sarracenia rubra Walter var. gulfensis Schnell.
ALNHS00008467 Covington 27 Oct 2023 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#6245		 ALNHS
Sarracenia rubra Walt. var. gulfensis D.E. Schnell
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