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Pinguicula antarctica is a small carnivorous perennial butterwort from cool, wet peat bogs and temperate rainforest in southern Chile and Patagonian Argentina. Keep it cool, wet and in bright light, and feed it small insects if you grow it in a pot.
Pinguicula antarctica is a species of carnivorous plant from the genus Pinguicula, family Lentibulariaceae, described by Vahl. It is a perennial homophyllous butterwort found in temperate rainforests or peat bogs of southern Chile and Argentinian Patagonia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pinguicula antarctica 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.
