Yellow Pitcherplant
Sarracenia flava
Tall yellow-green pitchers lure and drown insects in nutrient-poor bogs, with nodding yellow flowers held above in spring. Needs constantly wet, lean, acidic ground.
- Family
- Sarraceniaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1.5–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, VA