野捕蟲堇 Pale butterwort (Pinguicula lusitanica)
Pinguicula lusitanica, commonly known as the pale butterwort, is a small butterwort that grows wild in acidic peat bog areas along coastal atlantic western Europe from western Scotland and Ireland south through western England and western France to the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco in north-western Africa.
It usually forms rosettes 3–5 centimetres (1.2–2.0 in) across. It is a perennial plant that sometimes acts as an annual plant as it may die after one growth season. It flowers just months after germinating and produces copious amounts of seed, making it somewhat of a weed for carnivorous plant growers. The flowers are small, pale pink with a yellow centre, and funnel-shaped. It self-pollinates to ensure that it will grow back the following year.
Sunlight Demand: |
Partial Shade |
Flower Color: |
Pink |
Foliage: |
Green |
Soil Condition: |
Spagmoss |
Water Requirement: |
Medium |
Purchase Size: |
Diameter 0.4-1'' (1-2cm) |