Sarracenia xswaniana, Hybrid Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia minor x Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa) in habitat, North Carolina
This rare to uncommon natural hybrid is from the region of the type locality in North Carolina. Sarracenia xswaniana has been documented historically from one additional site in Georgia but disappeared from the location within the last 20 years before a voucher specimen could be deposited.
Sarracenia minor is at the extreme northern extent of its range in this region. Because there are very few known co-occurrences of S minor and S purpurea remaining in all native populations of the southeastern US, observing this hybrid in the wild is quite rare.
Fortunately these few remaining plants are located on private well-managed land under routine surveillance and their survival is relatively assured.
Sarracenia xswaniana, Hybrid Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia minor x Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa) in habitat, North Carolina
This rare to uncommon natural hybrid is from the region of the type locality in North Carolina. Sarracenia xswaniana has been documented historically from one additional site in Georgia but disappeared from the location within the last 20 years before a voucher specimen could be deposited.
Sarracenia minor is at the extreme northern extent of its range in this region. Because there are very few known co-occurrences of S minor and S purpurea remaining in all native populations of the southeastern US, observing this hybrid in the wild is quite rare.
Fortunately these few remaining plants are located on private well-managed land under routine surveillance and their survival is relatively assured.