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Sarracenia flava
Sarracenia flava
Kapturnica żółta · Sarracénia jaune · Sarracénie jaune · Sarracénie jaune, Sarracénia jaune · Sárga kürtvirág · Trumpets · Yellow Pitcherplant · Yellow pitcherplant · gelbe Schlauchpflanze · gul flugtrumpet · keltatötterö · saracénia žltá · trumpetleaf · trumpets · umbrella-trumpets · yellow pitcherplant
At a glance
Origin / distribution: US, SE
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Kidney, Laxative, Liver, Stomach
Science studied: BETULIN, BETULINIC-ACID, ALPHA-AMYRIN, ASTRAGALIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Sarraceniaceae
Scientific name: Sarracenia flava
Common names: Kapturnica żółta, Sarracénia jaune, Sarracénie jaune, Sarracénie jaune, Sarracénia jaune, Sárga kürtvirág, Trumpets, Yellow Pitcherplant, Yellow pitcherplant, gelbe Schlauchpflanze, gul flugtrumpet, keltatötterö, saracénia žltá, trumpetleaf, trumpets, umbrella-trumpets, yellow pitcherplant
History
The source record documents this plant in US, SE.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Kidney
- Laxative
- Liver
- Stomach
- Dyspepsia
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- US
- SE
Documented cultural uses
- Kidney
- Laxative
- Liver
- Stomach
- Dyspepsia
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Selective Bacterial Community Enrichment between the Pitcher Plants Sarracenia minor and Sarracenia flava. · 2021 source ↗
- Selective Bacterial Community Enrichment Between the Pitcher Plants Sarracenia Minor and Sarracenia Flava · 2020 source ↗
- Population Genetic Structure and Natural Establishment of Hybrids Between Sarracenia flava and Sarracenia minor in Francis Marion National Forest · 2020 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- BETULIN
- BETULINIC-ACID
- ALPHA-AMYRIN
- ASTRAGALIN
- 1-METHYL-2-ETHYL-BENZENE
- 1-METHYL-3-ETHYL-BENZENE
- 1-METHYL-4-ETHYL-BENZENE
- HYDROXY-PHENYLBENZENE
- 3,5-DIMETHYL-METHYLBENZOATE
- BENZOTHIAZOLE
- BENZYL-ALCOHOL
- BETULINALDEHYDE
- CARVACROL
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- CONIINE
- O-CRESOL
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- METHYLCYCLOHEXANONE
- EO
- EUGENOL-METHYL-ETHER
- FOENICULIN
- 2,4-DIMETHYL-HEPTA-2,4-DIENAL
- N-HEPTADECANE
- HEX-3-ENE-1-OL
- N-HEXADECANE
- HUMULENE
- HYPEROSIDE
- 1,1,3-TRIMETHYL-P-3-PHENYLINDAN
- LUPEOL
- ACETYL-NAPHTHALENE
- NONAN-1-AL
- N-PENTADECANE
- P-METHOXY-PHENOL
- PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE
- 2-PHENYLETHANOL
- BETA-PINENE
- SARRACENIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- P-TOLUALDEHYDE
- N-TRIDECANE
- N-UNDECANE
- M-XYLENE
- O-XYLENE
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images

Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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