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blue butterwort

Pinguicula caerulea

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 18, February 21, March 20, April 109, May 65, June 19, July 15, August 14, September 19, October 18, November 14, December 16.
United States1,200
North Carolina236
Georgia179
South Carolina50
Mississippi2
Louisiana1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.From its classification

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Carnivorous plantDescends from a plant lineage whose members are carnivorous plants.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybladderwort family · Lentibulariaceae
GenusButterworts · Pinguicula

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Practise blue butterwort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.