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Purple Pitcherplant

Sarracenia purpurea

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

Profile 88%

Height
9 inches–1.5 feet
Spread
1–2 feet
Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Moist to standing water

Space about 1.5 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 44 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Leaves
Evergreen

Not yet recorded · Bloom

Bloom: NC species account not read yet.

Recorded in 18 Virginia counties.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 108 animals.

All wildlife of Virginia

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

4CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including VA

Genus host records with ranges including VA · Sarracenia

  • Endothenia hebesanaVerbena Bud Moth
  • Exyra faxPitcherplant Looper Moth, Pitcher Plant Moth
  • Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
  • Papaipema appassionataPitcher-Plant Borer Moth
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 4a–9b
Soil pH
Acidic
Flower color
Yellow, green or purple

What its natural habitat tells you

Growing sources and scope

Conservation status

Virginia rankS2
Global rankG5
VA statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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