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Southern Butterwort

Pinguicula primuliflora

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 16, February 18, March 19, April 33, May 23, June 15, July 12, August 12, September 16, October 17, November 13, December 14.
United States491
Alabama208
Mississippi76
Louisiana17
Georgia12
District of Columbia8
Virginia8
Maryland8
Missouri6
Illinois6

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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