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| Pinguicula villosa L. | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||
| Family: | Lentibulariaceae | ||||||||
| Genus: | Pinguicula | ||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | none | ||||||||
| Common Names: | hairy butterwort small butterwort |
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| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||
| Canada: | Yukon – Mackenzie District – Ungava –Labrador, south to southwestern British Columbia – northern Alberta – northern Saskatchewan – northern Manitoba – northern Ontario – central Quebec | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | northern Saskatchewan; Lake Athabasca – Wollaston Lake | ||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Churchill River Upland, Selwyn Lake Upland, Tazin Lake Upland | ||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | on sphagnum hummocks in treed bogs or muskegs | ||||||||
| Canada: | damp mossy tundra and peat soils | ||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Vulnerable |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G4 S2S3 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Hairy butterwort is rare or uncommon in Saskatchewan. Its occurrence is somewhat regionally restricted and most local populations are small. No threats are know or anticipated. | |||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||
| Height: | often less than 10 cm | ||||||||
| Roots: | small taproot | ||||||||
| Stems: | without leaves and terminating in a flower, solitary, glandular-hairy above, long-hairy below | ||||||||
| Leaves: | basal rosette, < 10 mm long, oval to elliptic, yellowish-green, succulent, glandular-sticky on upper surface, acting as traps for small insects, margin rolled | ||||||||
| Inflorescence: | flowers solitary | ||||||||
| Flowers: | nodding; sepals 5-lobed, upper lip 3-lobed, lower lip 2-lobed, glandular-hairy; petals 6 – 10 mm long, 2-lipped, lower lip terminating in a spur, lavender | ||||||||
| Fruits: | capsules erect, 3 – 5 mm long | ||||||||
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