Q: Where can I see the really rare Sarracenia species?

• S. a. subsp. alabamensis
• Sarracenia oreophila

A: What? You driving me crazy? There is no way I am going to tell you this!

The really rare Sarracenia taxa, namely Sarracenia alabamensis subsp. alabamensis, Sarracenia jonesii, Sarracenia oreophila, Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa var. montana, and Sarracenia purpurea subsp. purpurea f. heterophylla, are so heavily threatened by poaching that if I told you where they could be found, there would be a special roasting pan in hell reserved with my name on it. (I also think that some of my friends in the US Fish & Wildlife department would be happy to take turns rotating my roasting-spit.)

As for places to find special color morphs of more common species, like a yellow-flowering Sarracenia psittacina, etc., the previous paragraph holds again.

Am I cruel, or what?

Page citations: Rice, B.A. 2001a.