Natural hybrid

Sarracenia × excellens

Produces semi-erect pitchers with white reticulated tops and the narrow tube of S. minor. Hooding is intermediate — less than minor but more than leucophylla. Named for its excellent ornamental qualities.

Phylogénie

Parent AParent BAncêtre commun

Parent A

Sarracenia

Sarracenia leucophyllaVU

United States

10 known hybrids

Parent B

Sarracenia

Sarracenia minorVU

United States

5 known hybrids

Distribution of parent species

Overlap zones indicate potential areas of natural hybridisation.

Sarracenia leucophylla

Sarracenia minor

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Fertility

Fertile

Distribution

AlabamaFloridaMississippi

Expected traits

Semi-erectWhite topRed veinsNarrow tubeIntermediate hood

Related hybrids

Sarracenia flava × leucophylla

Sarracenia flava × Sarracenia leucophylla

Sarracenia × swaniana

Sarracenia purpurea × Sarracenia minor

Sarracenia alata × leucophylla

Sarracenia alata × Sarracenia leucophylla

Sarracenia rubra × leucophylla

Sarracenia rubra × Sarracenia leucophylla

Sarracenia purpurea × leucophylla

Sarracenia purpurea × Sarracenia leucophylla

Sarracenia × moorei

Sarracenia flava × Sarracenia leucophylla