Sarracenia × farnhamiiSarracenia farnhamii is a natural hybrid between Sarracenia leucophylla and Sarracenia rubra. It combines the tall, flared pitchers of leucophylla with the finer structure and veining influence of rubra. The plant produces upright trumpet shaped pitchers that can reach a good height when mature. The tubes are slender but firm, widening towards the top where the hood flares outward. This flared lid is a key feature of Sarracenia farnhamii, often

As a Sarracenia × exornata this plant is a hybrid of Sarracenia alata and Sarracenia purpurea

who named the plant after his daughter

rugelii (Blackwater National Park

throat and operculum

the contrast between the green

rising from the rhizome in neat clumps

Its exact genetic lineage is not widely published

Blackwater River State Forest

it is also often referred to as 'Slack's Maxima'

As per the varietal name 'ornata'

Red Lid (DeSoto County

This makes the shape and texture of the traps easy to observe throughout their growth