Sarracenia rubra subsp. rubra

Sarracenia rubra subsp. rubra is the smallest rubra subspecies. Rather compact dark green plant with strong red hue on the tops of its pitchers and pinstriped veining. Fast grower, will form a nice big clump faster than most other sarracenias. Pitchers are slender but compact, only 26-45 cm tall, and last well into the winter. I have read the comment that the pitchers look like standing meerkats - and yes, I can definately see this, can you? In all, a very cute plant. It has a distinct flower: small, with a distinct sweet raspberry smell and dark red petals that have a notch on their distal edges.

Sarracenia rubra subsp. rubra inhabits coastal plains of North Carolina, South Carolina, and southeastern Georgia.

Sarracenia rubra subsp. rubra 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 two sizes:
-L are adult plants with 1 growing point, usually some small side-shoots and have flowered already
-XL are adult clumps of plants with multiple big growing points and many small shoots.