Small Butterwort
Pinguicula pumila
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photo ©Ginger Allen, UF/IFAS
Identifiers- 8", basal leaves, lavender 5 lobed corolla
flower
Adaptations- carnivorous plant
Status- throughout Florida, common native species
Distribution- North Carolina, south to Florida, east to
Texas
Habitat- moist pineland forests
Fun facts
- Bladderwort family; Lentibulariaceae
- 6 native Florida Pinguicula species; 3 state threatened, 2 state
endangered
- latin word "pinguis" means grease, referring to the oily leaf surface
which traps insects
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