hooded pitcher plant
Sarracenia minor
USDA zones6 to 8
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size9 to 18 inches tall12 to 24 inches wide
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green, purple/lavender, white
- Soil types
- Sand, loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Hooded pitcher plant (Sarracenia minor) is a perennial for containers, specimen plantings, and rain gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full sun and average to wet, sandy or loamy soil. Yellow flowers rise on leafless stalks in spring. The hollow, tubular leaves have reddish veins and pale spots, and each one ends in an overarching hood. The hood keeps rain out, so insects follow a nectar path up the leaf and slip down to be digested.
Pairs well with Swamp milkweed, Virginia sweetspire, and Karl Foerster feather reed grass.
Native range
North Carolina to Florida.