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Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)
(June, 2013)
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. On their leaves they contain glands that secrete a sweet, sticky substance. This substance is used to lure insects and when they stick, the leaf curls up and then they are digested. The insects serve as food, but the plant can also survive without insects.
Habitat: This butterwort grows in damp environs such as bogs and swamps, in low or subalpine elevations. This one I spotted in Glencoe hiking up the mountain. I have also seen this species in Hermaness (Shetland I.)
''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. It has a generally circumboreal distribution, being native to almost every country in Europe as well as Russia, Canada, and the United States... more
