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Pinguicula heterophylla

Pinguicula heterophylla
Photo: NoahElhardt, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Lentibulariaceae (Lentibulari family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Mexico (Morelos, Guerrero, Oaxaca)
Climate
subtropical

About

Pinguicula heterophylla is a perennial rosette-forming carnivorous plant in the flowering plant family Lentibulariaceae. It is endemic to the Mexican states of Morelos, Guerrero and Oaxaca.

The species was first described by George Bentham in 1840, based on material collected by Karl Theodor Hartweg.

Other Pinguicula plants

Pinguicula acuminata · Pinguicula agnata · Alpine Butterwort · Pinguicula antarctica · Pinguicula balcanica · Blueflower butterwort · Pinguicula caryophyllacea · Casabito Butterwort · Pinguicula chuquisacensis · Pinguicula conzattii · Pinguicula cyclosecta · Pinguicula elizabethiae

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pinguicula heterophylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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