The specific epithet minor means "small" and refers to the typical size of the pitchers.

An especially large form, with pitchers up to 90–120 centimetres (3–4 ft) high, grows in the Okefenokee marshes,[2] at the border between Georgia and Florida.

Sarracenia minor and S. psittacina are the only species in the genus to employ domed pitchers with translucent white patches that allow light to enter.

This plant can be found in areas of northern and central Florida and in Georgia up to the southern part of North Carolina.

The species exhibits the southernmost range of any member of the genus Sarracenia extending to fragmented populations surrounding Lake Okeechobee in south-central Florida.