Sarracenia purpurea var venosa Rostrinucula think wax myrtles

think wax myrtles

starting for us in late May (NC)

each ending in a terminal cluster of 2" flowers

chartreuse-edged sport of Agave 'Kissho Kan'

Sarracenia purpurea var venosa Rostrinucula think wax myrtlesSarracenia purpurea var. venosa is the southern coastal plain form of the widespread US native purple pitcher plant. In its native range from Virginia south through Georgia, it can be found in wet pine savannas and seepage bogs. The 6" tall x 1' wide, offsetting clumps are composed of horizontal pitchers that lay on, or just above the ground. Compared to the northern Sarracenia purpurea var. purpurea, the southern form has more ruffled pitchers that