Butterworts   GENUS Pinguicula

IPinguicula primuliflora

This is another species of butterworts endemic to the southeastern coastal plains of the U.S. The plants grow in the coastal plains of the Florida panhandle and the adjacent areas. The plants are found of wet areas often along the edges of streams. A light green rosette reaches 10-15 cm across in nature, though a plant less than 5 cm across often flowers in cultivation. Blossom occurs in February to April in nature. A scape reaches 9-15 cm high. A flower (2.0-2.5 cm across) assumes pinkish tint with white center.  Yellow color of the tube interior is visible from front. Five corolla lobes have a shallow but clear notch (incision). A pale yellow palate is somewhat exserted in an open flower. The corolla tube terminates in a  short yellow spur. 

The plants habitually produce plantlets on the surface of the older leaves. This leaf-budding is not unique to this species and can be observed (and used as a propagation method) for other butterworts in general, but in P. primuliflora the leaf-budding tendency is remarkably strong.

The flower color varies from purple to pinkish, with occasional pale, whitish tint. 

as well as in cultivation

When the

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