Spurs surprisingly short, scapes only 5 cm tall, but the nature of the setulose ultimate leaf segments, with obtuse tips, and parallel pairs quadrifid glands confirm ID.
A yellow butterwort blooming in the flatwoods at Jonathan Dickinson State Park. These far outnumbered their beautiful blue butterwort cousins! I was really lucky to get any photos at all as this was another windy day and these flap like flags in the wind. This beautiful lady supplements her diet by trapping flies and other small insects on her sticky leaves, dissolving them and absorbing the nutrients!en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinguicula
2010.04.25 Austria, Lower Austria, district Lilienfeld, on wet limestone cliff (near Fensterbach in Halbachtal 580 m AMSL).Flowering in (april) may/june (till august).Quite rare but not uncommon in the Northern Limestone Alps of Austria.German name: Alpen-FettkrautID: Fischer, Exkursionsflora (2008 3rd)
Primrose butterwortLentibulariaceae or Bladderwort familyNative to the southeastern United StatesOahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)Front view of flowerwww.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/8528971736/in/datetaken-...Pinguicula is a genus of carnivorous plants that trap small insects on their leaves to use as a type of "fertilizer" since they live nutrient poor soils. This plant is growing on pumice rock.
Longitude (deg): -1.1. Latitude (deg): 51.8. Longitude (deg/min): 1ð 10' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51ð 50' N. Vice county name: Oxon. Vice county no.: 23. Country: England. Stage: In flower. Identified by: Wiltshire Botanical Society. Comment: in pond. Category: standard photograph or close-up. Photographic equipment used: Nikon D100 dSLR with Tamron SP T90 AF Macro 1:1 lens.
