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Hairy Butterwort

Pinguicula villosa

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 Alaska.January 273, February 202, March 316, April 497, May 717, June 782, July 837, August 720, September 528, October 394, November 216, December 168.
United States5,651
Canada488
Alaska135
British Columbia65
Yukon54
Manitoba48
Russia40
Quebec36
Ontario25
Krasnoyarsk Krai22

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

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