Purple Pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea) August 16, 2020 1455 × 1482 Purple Pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea) Purple Pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea). Sarraceniaceae family. Native. Bogs. Eastern Long Island, Queens, and upstate. This one observed upstate, July 2010.