Pinguicula — 1 species

Botanical species in the genus Pinguicula recorded in the PlantPeers database.

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Pinguicula vulgaris

Pinguicula vulgaris

Family: Lentibulariaceae

Cultivation

Requires a boggy soil. Because of their insectivorous habit, plants are able to succeed on soils very deficient in nitrogen. Butterwort is an insectivorous plant, the leaves are sticky and trap insects which are then digested by the plant.

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