Sarracenia leucophylla Raf.
White-topped pitcher plant, crimson pitcherplant
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8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia · ≈ 2 × 1′ (59 × 39 cm) 
9/14/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 7″ (19 × 18 cm) 
8/31/2013 · Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia · ≈ 2½ × 1½′ (79 × 53 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Caryophyllidae | Cacti, many other succulents, carnivorous plants, and leadworts |
| Order | Nepenthales | Carniverous (or more precisely insectiverous) plants |
| Family | Sarraceniaceae | Pitcher plant (bug-eating plants) family |
| Genus | Sarracenia | For early 18th century physician Dr. Michel Sarrasin |
| Species | leucophylla | White-leaved |
Sarracenia leucophylla description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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