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Chapman's butterwort
Pinguicula planifolia
About
Pinguicula planifolia, commonly known as Chapman's butterwort, is a species of carnivorous plant belonging to the genus Pinguicula. The typical variety forms a purple flower in blooming. Like other butterworts, it has sticky adhesive leaves that attract, capture and digest arthropod prey to supply the plant with nutrients. An identifying features of the Chapman's butterwort are the thin, flat leaves which often display a deep red to purple color when in full sun.
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Pinguicula planifolia
- Slug
- pinguicula-planifolia
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Genus
- Pinguicula
- Species
- planifolia
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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