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Whitetop Pitcherplant

Sarracenia leucophylla

Found in wet pine savannas, seepage bogs. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 94%

Height
1–3 feet
Spread
1–3 feet
Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Usually moist

Space about 2 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 25 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Bloom
March to April

Not yet recorded · Leaves

Recorded in 15 Alabama counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

Coastal Plain seepage bogs

Open, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants.

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Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food. 164 animals.

All wildlife of Alabama

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

7CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Sarracenia

  • Endothenia hebesanaVerbena Bud Moth
  • Exyra faxPitcherplant Looper Moth, Pitcher Plant Moth
  • Exyra ridingsiiRiding's Pitcherplant Looper Moth
  • Exyra semicroceaPale Shoulder Pitcherplant Looper Moth
  • Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
  • Papaipema appassionataPitcher-Plant Borer Moth
  • Basicladus tracyi
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
4BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Sarracenia

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Sarraceniaceae
Hardiness
Zones 6a–9b
Soil pH
Acidic
Flower color
Red

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Conservation status

Alabama rankS3
Global rankG3
AL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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