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Sarracenia Identification: S. rubra subsp. alabamensis / S. alabamensis

Grower's plant sold as S. rubra; photos show typical S. rubra subsp. alabamensis (now often elevated to S. alabamensis). Mass-produced by tissue culture—"most common endangered pitcher plant."

Carnivorous Plants: Identifying Bare-Root Sarracenia Rhizomes from Sarracenia Northwest; Zone 9b Sarracenia and VFT Winter Care: No Refrigeration Needed; Identifying Commercial Sarracenia Hybrids: The 'Swamp Monster' S. × catesbaei; Winter Care for Sarracenia rubra in North Carolina (Zone 7b); Identifying a Blooming Sarracenia Hybrid: Likely S. rubra or Hybrid; Legally Acquiring Endangered Sarracenia (oreophila, rubra jonesii) Across State Lines; Identifying a Red-Tube Sarracenia Flava Clone (AG3); Deformed Sarracenia Rubra Pitchers: Pests or Seasonal Growth?; Sarracenia Leucophylla 'Green' vs. 'Schnell's Ghost': Pigment Difference; Identifying a Sarracenia Hybrid and Repotting Guidance

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