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Pale Butterwort |
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Pinguicula lusitanica |
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Carl Farmer |
Occasional in boggy ground Flower c 6 mm in diameter Skye ID: Leaves purple-tinged, not bright yellowish green like Common Butterwort. Flower pale mauve or whitish with yellow throat. Other features: Spur of flower strongly curved downwards. Plant is smaller in all parts than Common Butterwort. Often hidden among vegetation, whereas Common Butterwort likes more space around it. |
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Carl Farmer |
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Carl Farmer |
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Carl Farmer |
| Rosette of five sticky leaves traps insects on which the plant feeds |