- Pinguicula vulgaris
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Pinguicula vulgaris Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Lentibulariaceae Genus: Pinguicula Species: P. vulgaris Binomial name Pinguicula vulgaris
L.Pinguicula vulgaris, the Common butterwort, is a perennial carnivorous plant in the Lentibulariaceae family. It grows to a height of 3–16 cm, and is topped with a purple, and occasionally white, flower that is 15 mm or longer, and shaped like a funnel. This butterwort grows in damp environs such as bogs and swamps, in low or subalpine elevations.[1] It has a generally circumboreal distribution, being native to almost every country in Europe as well as Russia, Canada, and the United States. Being native to environments with cold winters, they produce a winter-resting bud (hibernacula) during the winter.
References
- ^ Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Lone Pine Publishing, 1994. p. 351
External links
Categories:- Carnivorous plants of North America
- Pinguicula
- Plants described in 1753
- Lentibulariaceae stubs
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