Pinguicula vulgaris L.
Common Butterwort, Violet Butterwort
Synonyms: Pinguicula borealis
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group: Plant
Sublevel 1: Angiosperm
Sublevel 2: Eudicot
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Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Pinguicula
Species: Pinguicula vulgaris
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Origin: Native
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No
Rarity Designations: None
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type: Photoautotroph, Heterotroph
HABITAT
Wetland Indicator Status: OBL
PHOTOS OF Pinguicula vulgaris
Plant with flower bud
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2025-06-12
Plant with flower bud
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2025-06-12
Plant with flower bud
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2025-06-12
Cluster of plants
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2025-06-12
Flower
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2025-06-12
Plant with flower
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2025-06-12
Plants with flowers
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2025-06-12
Plant with trapped insect
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2025-06-12
Close-up of leaves, showing glands, trapped insects, and emerging flower stalks
Grafton County, NH
Date: 2025-06-12