WHITE-TOPPED PITCHER PLANT 



Scientific name: Sarracenia leucophylla. 



Identifying features: Pitchers are erect, 

 grow to 30 inches tall, to 2 1/2 inches wide 

 at mouth. Top of pitcher is white, inter- 

 laced with reddish or greenish veins, lower 

 portion is green. Flowers are red, grow to 

 1 1/2 inches across, flowering stalks 10 to 

 30 inches long. 



Flowering period: Late March and April. 



Distribution: Southwestern Georgia, 

 through the Florida Panhandle and south- 

 em Alabama to southeastern Mississippi. 



Habitat: Bogs and wet savannas. 



Distribution in forest: Throughout. 



Abundance in forest: Common. 



Other information: This pitcher plant is 



more successful in trapping large masses of prey than any other species. When 

 plagues of love bugs (a fly that breeds in roadside, decaying vegetation) occur, 

 the pitchers fill to the brim, some containing more than 2,000 love bugs. 



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