Flowers:
Early in the season, the pitcher plants were just coming into flower and the pitchers from the previous year were but dried
husks. Even so, you can easily see that this is
Sarracenia minor, another rarity for North Carolina. Did you notice the dead pitchers in the mud
in the previous photograph?
Mark pointed out the odd fact that while the vegetation looked much the same on both sides of the road, all the
Sarracenia minor were segregated to one side of the road, while
Sarracenia purpurea were only on the other side of the road.
The Sarracenia purpurea looked nice, but to get at them, I would have had to wade across the drainage
ditch, and I wasn't in the mood for it.
