Index of North American Pitcher Plants, circa 1935
Below is an index of the eleven North American Pitcher Plants known in 1935.
Each row contains a watercolor painting of the species by Mary Vaux Walcott, the current scientific name as of 2006, and the old name as described in Walcott and Wherry.
Click on the old scientific name for more details including a description of the species by Edgar T. Wherry, detailed maps, a large version of the watercolor painting, and sketches by Frank Morton Jones.
1935 key to the North American pitcher plants to the North American pitcher plants by Edgar T. Wherry.
Darlingtonia californica
Old name: Chrysamphora californica
Sarracenia alata
Old name: Sarracenia sledgei
Sarracenia flava
Old name: Sarracenia flava
Sarracenia leucophylla
Old name: Sarracenia drummondii
Sarracenia minor
Old name: Sarracenia minor
Sarracenia oreophila
Old name: Sarracenia oreophila
Sarracenia psittacina
Old name: Sarracenia psittacina
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea
Old name: Sarracenia purpurea ssp. gibbosa
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa
Old name: Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa
Sarracenia rubra
Old name: Sarracenia rubra
Sarracenia jonesii
Old name: Sarracenia jonesii