The root of Sarracenia purpurea, Linn . Pitcher plant, Side-saddle plant or flower, Fly trap, Huntsman's cup, Water cup . Botanical Source, Description, and History. They hold nearly a wineglassful, and are generally filled with water and aquatic insects, which undergo decomposition or a sort of digestion , and serve as a nutriment to the plant.
Oil is colored light-amber by it.
In the yellow-flowered species of the southern states, the bottle is very long, resembling a trumpet, by which name it is often called. The whole species are water plants, and are found only in wet meadows, wet, boggy places, marshes, mud lakes, etc., and grow from Labrador to Florida, flowering in June. The attention of the medical world was first called to Sarracenia purpurea , by Drs. Herbert Miles and F. W. Morris, both of Halifax, N. S., in 1861 and 1862, both recommending its use in the treatment of smallpox. Trans. , Vol.