Sarraceniaceae Dumort.

Family

Angiosperms > Ericales

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, (carnivorous), rhizomatous, sometimes stoloniferous, scapose; rhizomes with alternate deltate scales 1-2 cm. Stems absent. Leaves (henceforth referred to as pitchers) rosette-forming, alternate, developing into hollow tubes; stipules absent; petiole clasping, dilated; blade green, yellow-green, reddish, or purplish, often distinctly red, pink, or green, purple-veined or-blotched, sometimes white-areolate, winged laterally along its length, usually prominently costate, surfaces of pitcher and hood glabrous or hairy and minutely glandular; orifice with thickened, revolute rim; hoods variously arranged in association with orifices. Phyllodia present or absent. Scapes 1 or 2, bracteate, glabrous. Inflorescences: solitary flowers, arising from growing tip of rhizome. Flowers bisexual, nodding; perianth and androecium hypogynous; hypanthium absent; sepals 5; petals 5, distinct; stamens 15 or 50-100, distinct or slightly fascicled; anthers laterally dehiscent; pistils 1, 5-carpellate; ovary superior, 5-locular; placentation axile to parietal; ovules anatropous, bitegmic, tenuinucellate; styles 1, terminal; stigmas 5, distal. Fruits capsular, globose to ovoid or obconic, shallowly 5-or 10-lobed, tuberculate, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds 400-1000, tan, irregularly clavate to reniform-obovate; embryo straight; endosperm copious, oily.
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Herbs, perennial, carnivorous, rhizomatous, sometimes stoloniferous. Stems absent. Leaves rosette-forming, alternate, developing into hollow tubes (pitchers); stipules absent; petiole clasping, dilated; blade green, yellow-green, reddish or purplish, often distinctly red, pink or green, purple-veined or-blotched, sometimes white-areolate, winged laterally along its length, usually prominently costate, surfaces of pitcher and hood (operculum) glabrous or hairy and minutely glandular; orifice with thickened, revolute rim; hoods variously arranged in association with orifices. Phyllodia present or absent. Scapes 1 or 2, bracteate, glabrous. Inflorescences are solitary flowers, arising from growing tip of rhizome. Flowers bisexual, nodding; perianth and androecium hypogynous; hypanthium absent; sepals 5; petals 5; stamens 15 or 50–100, distinct or slightly fascicled; anthers laterally dehiscent; pistils 1, 5-carpellate; ovary superior, 5-locular; placentation axile to parietal; ovules anatropous, bitegmic, tenuinucellate; styles 1, terminal; stigmas 5, distal. Fruit at capsule, globose to ovoid or obconic, shallowly 5-or 10-lobed, tuberculate, dehiscence loculicidal. Seeds 400–1000, irregularly clavate to reniform-obovate; endosperm copious, oily. For more detailed accounts see Stevens (2001), Kubitzki (2004) and Mellichamp (2009).
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Growth form herb
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Environment

Found in damp and wetland habitats (e.g. bogs, fens, stream banks, pond margins, seeps, wet meadows), in nutrient-poor, often acidic soil or peat.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Often cultivated as ornamentals.
Uses ornamental
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Images

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Distribution

Sarraceniaceae world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77126582-1
WFO ID wfo-7000000548
COL ID FYT
BDTFX ID 101112
INPN ID 187301
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Synonyms

Sarraceniaceae

Lower taxons

Darlingtonia Heliamphora Sarracenia