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Sarracenia minor
Family: Sarraceniaceae
Common Name(s): Dwarf pitcher plant
Grown by: Katherine Henwood,

Sarracenia = for Michel Sarrasin (1659-1734), French physician and botanist (weren’t they all in those days of herbal remedies?) at Quebec, who sent the first of these insectivorous plants to Europe; minor = smaller

Historic range is North Carolina to Florida in boggy, sunny places. 8” - 12," although one form reaches 24.”..

Photo by Steve Morse