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Pinguicula primuliflora

Primrose butterwort

Lentibulariaceae (Bladderwort family)

Native to the southeastern United States

Oʻahu, Hawaii (Cultivated)

 

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.

 

 

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Uploaded on March 4, 2013
Taken on February 25, 2013