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Pinguicula vulgaris, the Common butterwort, is a perennial insectivorous plant in the Lentibulariaceae family. It grows to a height of 3-16 centimeters, and is topped with a purple, and occasionally white, flower that is 15 millimeters 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 environs with cold winters, they produce a winter-resting bud (hibernacula) during the winter.
Pinguicula vulgaris near
Mývatn, northern Iceland.
[edit] References
- ^ Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Lone Pine Publishing, 1994. p. 351
