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Pinguicula primuliflora, Primrose Butterwort in habitat, Georgia Fall Line Sandhills, West Central Georgia. Classic habitat for this species.

This butterwort, a carnivorous plant, though rare throughout its range is commonly locally abundant at sites of occurrence. The classic habitat is moderate to slow moving sandy tannic streams and associated open floodplain areas. It commonly occurs in proximity to other species of carnivorous plants.

 

This is the northernmost known occurrence for this species and only occurrence not in the coastal plain proper.

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Uploaded on March 16, 2015
Taken on March 15, 2015