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Pinguicula hirtiflora, the hairy-flowered butterwort, is a small perennial carnivorous plant with sticky leaves that trap insects. It grows best in cool, moist conditions with steady water and shade or filtered light.
Pinguicula hirtiflora, also known as the hairy-flowered butterwort, is a perennial carnivorous plant in the family Lentibulariaceae.
Gregarious populations are found on shady steep rocks with seeping water, around springs, along streams and brooks running through wet meadows or peat bogs, on serpentine, limestone, dolomite, tufa or flysch. Plants can be found growing from 0 to 1,900 m (0 to 6,234 ft) ASL.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pinguicula hirtiflora 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.
