| Accepted name: |
Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. purpurea |
| Synonym(s): |
-Sarracenia purpurea L. ssp. gibbosa (Raf.) Wherry
-Sarracenia purpurea L. var. heterophylla (Eaton) Torr.
-Sarracenia heterophylla Eaton
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| English names: |
Northern Pitcher Plant
Northern Pitcher Plant
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| French names: |
Sarracénie pourpre
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Nepenthales
Family: Sarraceniaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HSARPUP
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion of dried leaves taken for high fever and shakiness. Compound infusion of whole roots taken for liver sickness. Cold decoction of whole plant taken for whooping cough. Plant used for pneumonia(*8). Infusion of root taken for sore throat. Infusion of leaves used as medicine for smallpox(*69)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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