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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Pinguicula primuliflora   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinguicula primuliflora   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pinguicula primuliflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Pinguicula primuliflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Pinguicula primuliflora

 

COMMON NAME:
 Clearwater Butterwort

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Pinguicula primuliflora   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinguicula primuliflora   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Pinguicula primuliflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
 Pinguicula primuliflora

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
 Pinguicula primuliflora

 

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4571

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Mucky margins of clearwater streams, seeps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
Leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Spring
Lavender to pinkish or pale violet (petal bases are white, forming a pale "eye" in the flower's center)
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

 

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