Identifying Sarracenia: Tarnok vs. Flava by Flower Buds and Pitcher Traits

Holly from North Carolina needs help distinguishing Sarracenia leucophylla 'Tarnok' from S. flava during division. Jeff Dallas leans toward Tarnok based on growth habit: "Tarnok tends to get full and weedy like your plant on the left in the photo, and S. flava tends to have larger single rhizome crowns."

Key differentiators: Tarnok flower buds show only red tinges (not fully red); dead pitchers with faint white speckles indicate leucophylla; leucophylla lids are fuzzy underneath, flava are not. Dallas also notes his DVD series differs from e-books, offering hands-on nursery footage.

Good Growing!
Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
https://www.cobraplant.com