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Pinguicula agnata is a small, subtropical, carnivorous butterwort from Mexico that alternates succulent winter leaves with larger sticky carnivorous summer leaves. Grow it bright and cool-ish, keep it fairly dry in its dormant season, and never let the roots sit in waterlogged soil.
Pinguicula agnata is a subtropical, perennial, carnivorous species of plant in the family Lentibulariaceae.
Pinguicula agnata is native to northeastern Mexico. Endemic to humid pine forests, this species was the first carnivorous plant species to be known to perform crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), an adatation of photosynthesis to arid climate. Its succulent leaves retain moisture during the dry season.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pinguicula agnata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
