The Pitcher Plant

Sarrancenia purpure

Pitcher Plant

Sarracenia, from the Latin purpurea, from the Latin, "purple" Common Name, from the unusual shape of the leaf and its capacity for holding water.

Other common names include Common Pitcher Plant, Purple Pitcher-Plant, Flytrap, Sidesaddle Plant, Huntsman's Cup, Frog's Britches, and Monkey Cups.

Kingdom Plantae, the Plants
Division Magnoliophyta, the Angiosperms (flowering plants)
Class Magnoliopsida, the Dicotyledons
Subclass Dilleniidae
Order Nepenthales
Family Sarraceniaceae, the New World Pitcher Plants; 3 genera and 15 species of perennial herbs
Genus Sarracenia, the Pitcher Plants