Pinguicula vulgaris
Butterwort, Common Butterwort
Also known as: Pinguicula alpina Weber +14 more
- Pinguicula alpina Weber
- Pinguicula arctica Eastw.
- Pinguicula bicolor (Nordst. ex Fr.) Wolosz.
- Pinguicula bicolor f. gorcensis Kornas
- Pinguicula bohemica Krajina
- Pinguicula borealis Salisb.
- Pinguicula davurica Pall. ex Link
- Pinguicula dostalii Barta
- Pinguicula gesneri Bauhin ex Stokes
- Pinguicula grandiflora Bertol.
- Pinguicula grandiflora Schleich. ex Rchb.
- Pinguicula hirta Wormsk. ex Lange
- Pinguicula leptoceras Schur
- Pinguicula longicornis Gay ex Bab.
- Pinguicula norica Beck
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Lentibulariaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial.
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Pinguicula vulgaris (commonly known as Butterwort or Common Butterwort) is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the Lentibulariaceae family. Indigenous to Temperate Asia, Europe, and North America, this species is primarily associated with subalpine or subarctic conditions. There are naturally occurring botanical forms and subspecies of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Cold
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Middle Europe, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Europe, Siberia, Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Subarctic America, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Alberta, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Krasnoyarsk, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Poland, Portugal, Québec, Romania, Saskatchewan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tuva, Ukraine, Vermont, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon
Subspecies, Varieties & Forms