Sarracenia rubra subsp. jonesii
Sarracenia rubra subsp. jonesii looks very much like a large version of Sarracenia rubra subsp. rubra. The flowers smell sweet and have a hint of the raspberry smell similar to that of S. rubra subsp. rubra flowers. As is typical for the subspecies the spring leaves are kind of floppy, with a large midrib. It is speculated that this is to maximise the surface area for photosynthesis in spring, carnivory becoming really important only in summer. Sarracenia rubra subsp. jonesii is endemic to 10 mountain bogs on the border between North (Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania Co) and South (Greenville, Pickens Co) Carolina. It's a bog plant, but sometimes occurs at sites called "cataract bogs." These are places where the surface water sheets out over huge, sloping granite slabs. The plants kling to edges and any holdfast on these slabs. It is extremely endangered in the wild and listed as such on the Appendix I of CITES.
Sarracenia rubra subsp. jonesii looks very much like a large version of Sarracenia rubra subsp. rubra. The flowers smell sweet and have a hint of the raspberry smell similar to that of S. rubra subsp. rubra flowers. As is typical for the subspecies the spring leaves are kind of floppy, with a large midrib. It is speculated that this is to maximise the surface area for photosynthesis in spring, carnivory becoming really important only in summer.
Sarracenia rubra subsp. jonesii is endemic to 10 mountain bogs on the border between North (Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania Co) and South (Greenville, Pickens Co) Carolina. It's a bog plant, but sometimes occurs at sites called "cataract bogs." These are places where the surface water sheets out over huge, sloping granite slabs. The plants kling to edges and any holdfast on these slabs.
It is extremely endangered in the wild and listed as such on the Appendix I of CITES. The biggest problems are changes in hidrology of its habitat and poaching from nature. For example, every single anthocyanin-free plant has been stolen from the wild by collectors.
Sarracenia rubra subsp. jonesii is part of the S. rubra complex. Taxonomy of this complex is rather is rather complicated. Currently, there are six subspecies, their relationships and taxonomic level are described differently by different authors. Personally I think Barry Rice makes a good point grouping the taxons correspondingly to river catchments in which they occur. However the final word would of course be a genetic analysis.
- S. rubra subsp. rubra- S. rubra subsp. jonesii [=S. jonesii]
- S. rubra subsp. gulfensis
- S. rubra subsp. viatorum- S. rubra subsp. alabamensis [=S. alabamensis]
- S. rubra subsp. wherryi [=S. alabamensis subsp. wherryi]
The range of the S. rubra complex extends from southern Mississippi, through southern Alabama, the Florida panhandle and Georgia, to the coastal plains of North Carolina and South Carolina.
Sarracenia rubra is generally smaller and narrower than most species, usually not exceeding 65 cm in height. Sarracenia rubra is generally clump-forming.
We offer plants of M/L size: plants that will flower in the coming season, with 1 large growing and with some side-shoots.
| Title | Sarracenia rubra subsp. jonesii |
|---|---|
| Category | Sarracenia - species |
| SKU | SarRubJon |
| Condition | new |
| Size | Small, Medium, Large |
