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Perennial, generally from slender rhizome, short caudex, or stolon; carnivorous; roots poorly developed.
Leaf: in basal rosette, prostrate to erect, each forming a tubular pitcher with fluid that digests captured prey by enzymes, bacteria, or other organisms, with stiff, reflexed hairs within.
Inflorescence: scapose, flower generally 1.
Flower: bisexual, radial, nodding; sepals 5 [4–6], generally free; petals 5 [0]; stamens many; pistil 1, ovary superior, chambers generally 5, incomplete above or not, placentas generally axile, style 1, 5-lobed, umbrella-like or not, stigma terminal or under tips of style lobes.
Fruit: capsule, loculicidal; valves generally 5.
Seed: many, flattened- ovoid, smooth, or club-like, papillate [winged].
3 genera, 24 species: n CA, OR, BC, e North America, n South America, especially acidic bogs, streamsides, moist areas; often planted outside native ranges by horticulturists but generally not invasive. [Schnell 2002 Carnivorous Plants of US and Can. Timber Press] —Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.

Key to Sarraceniaceae

1 sp. (William Darlington, Philadelphia botanist, 1782–1863)

Rhizomed; stolons ± 1 m.
Leaf: nearly erect, 1–6(10) dm, green-yellow to deep red, enlarged upward; pitcher top opening underneath, tube with non-digestive fluids within; appendages yellow or green to purple.
Inflorescence: < 1 m; scape bracts yellow.
Flower: sepals 4–6 cm, oblong to oblanceolate, yellow-green, purple-tinged or not; petals 2–4 cm, narrowly ovate, yellow-green between wide, dark purple veins (variant lacking purple veins in Nevada Co.); stamens 12–15 in 1 whorl; ovary tip truncate or concave, style 2–3 mm, deeply 5-lobed, stigmas 5.
Fruit: 2.5–4.5 cm, obovoid.
Seed: ± 2 mm, papillate, light red-brown.
2n=30. Seeps, boggy places with running water, generally serpentine; 60–2200 m. Klamath Ranges, Outer North Coast Ranges (introduced, Mendocino Co.), n High Sierra Nevada (c Plumas, Sierra, Nevada cos.);

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Chart based on elevation range in Manual and elevations and coordinates of CCH records. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. Note: About half of the CCH records include both elevation and coordinates.	Map made in collaboration with Scott Loarie. Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. View all CCH records   CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa. Blue line denotes Manual flowering time.