Butterwort

Description:

A carnivorous native plant of Mt. Olympus. Like all butterworts uses sticky, glandular leaves to lure, trap, and digest insects in order to supplement the poor mineral nutrition they obtain from the environments. As with almost all carnivorous plants, the flowers of butterworts are held far above the rest of the plant by a long stalk, in order to reduce the probability of trapping potential pollinators. The holes in the cuticle which allow for this digestive mechanism also pose a challenge for the plant, since they serve as breaks in the cuticle (waxy layer) that protects the plant from desiccation. As a result, most butterworts live in humid environments.

Habitat:

Spotted on a wet rock on the banks of the river Enipeas at Enipeas canyon (Mt. Olympus, Greece).