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Common butterwort

Pinguicula vulgaris

Description:

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. Being native to environments with cold winters, they produce a winter-resting bud (hibernaculum) during the winter

Habitat:

This butterwort grows in damp environs such as bogs and swamps, in low or subalpine elevations. It has a generally circumboreal distribution, being native to almost every country in Europe

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PatriciaPi
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PatriciaPi

Scotland, United Kingdom

Spotted on Jun 23, 2015
Submitted on Jul 3, 2015

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