Natural hybrid

Sarracenia × catesbaei

Most common natural Sarracenia hybrid. Semi-erect pitchers intermediate between the two parents — the recumbent body of S. purpurea and the tall erect tube of S. flava. Purple venation on a yellow-green base. Named by Bateman in 1837 after naturalist Mark Catesby.

Phylogénie

Parent AParent BAncêtre commun

Parent A

Sarracenia

Sarracenia purpureaLC

CanadaUnited StatesIreland+1

8 known hybrids

Parent B

Sarracenia

Sarracenia flavaVU

United States

7 known hybrids

Distribution of parent species

Overlap zones indicate potential areas of natural hybridisation.

Sarracenia purpurea

Sarracenia flava

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Fertility

Fertile

Distribution

Eastern USA coastal plain — widespread where parents co-occur

Expected traits

Semi-erectPurple-veinedYellow-greenVariable formIntermediate lid

Related hybrids

Sarracenia × catesbyi

Sarracenia purpurea × Sarracenia flava

Sarracenia flava × leucophylla

Sarracenia flava × Sarracenia leucophylla

Sarracenia × swaniana

Sarracenia purpurea × Sarracenia minor

Sarracenia flava × oreophila

Sarracenia flava × Sarracenia oreophila

Sarracenia × courtii

Sarracenia purpurea × Sarracenia psittacina

Sarracenia purpurea × leucophylla

Sarracenia purpurea × Sarracenia leucophylla