Biology:Pinguicula caerulea

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Short description: Species of carnivorous plant

Pinguicula caerulea
Pinguicula caerulea (5359134739).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Pinguicula
Species:
P. caerulea
Binomial name
Pinguicula caerulea
Walter

Pinguicula caerulea, commonly referred to as blue butterwort, blueflower butterwort, or violet butterwort, is a flowering plant species in the carnivorous butterwort (Pinguicula) genus and bladderwort family (Lentibulariaceae).[1] It is a perennial dicot.[2] It grows in moist sandy pineland habitat in the south-east USA.[3] Caerulus is Latin for from the sky or sea and refers to the color of the flowers.[4]

Carnivorous Blue Butterwort (5294704228).jpg
Pinguicula caerulea (5296581164).jpg

References

Wikidata ☰ Q17712864 entry