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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pinguicula primuliflora
FAMILY
Lentibulariaceae
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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
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p265
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p214
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p204
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