Sarracenia minor okefenokeensis (Sarracenia minor okefenokeensis)
Description
The typical form is a relatively small plant with pitchers about 25-30 centimetres (10-12 in) in height. An especially large form, with pitchers up to 90-120 centimetres (3-4 ft) high, grows in the Okefenokee marshes,at the border between Georgia and Florida.The tubes are mostly green throughout, but can also be reddish in the upper part. Flowering occurs late March to mid-May. Flowers are yellow in colour and odorless. Over a hundred seeds are produced by a capsule. Sarracenia minor and S. psittacina are the only species in the genus to employ domed pitchers with translucent white patches that allow light to enter. It has been suggested that the light shining through these patches attracts flying insects further into the pitcher and away from the pitcher's mouth in a similar manner to Darlingtonia californica and two Nepenthes species, N. aristolochioides and N. klossii. The pitcher is filled with water and enzymes produced by the plant and helpful in the digestion of prey. In the wild, Sarracenia minor seems very attractive to ants, although it also attracts and eats a wide range of flying insects.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Ericales
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Family: Sarraceniaceae
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Genus: Sarracenia
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