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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pinguicula pumila
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Each leaf in Small Butterwort's basal rosette is barely 1/2-inch long or slightly longer, such that the rosette diameter is usually just 1-1.5 inches across, barely the size of a nickel or a quarter. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
When an insect becomes stuck on a Buttersort leaf's sticky mucilage, the edge of the leaf slowly rolls over. When the insect is digested, the leaf edges unroll. Read more at the Botanical Society of America.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinguicula pumila
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pinguicula pumila
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Pinguicula pumila
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-01-001:
Pinguicula pumila FAMILY Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pinguicula pumila
COMMON NAME:
Small Butterwort
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pinguicula pumila
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinguicula pumila
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pinguicula pumila
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Pinguicula pumila
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-01-001:
Pinguicula pumila
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pinguicula pumila
2852
Forb
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas and wet pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
Leaves sessile
FLOWER:
Winter/SpringFall
Blue
Not symmetrical
5-lobed calyx (rarely 4-lobed)
2-lipped 5-lobed corolla
2 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers solitary on leafless stalks
FRUIT:
Spring
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p090
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p365
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p343
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p265
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p082
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p232
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p246
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