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| Pinguicula vulgaris L. | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||
| Family: | Lentibulariaceae | ||||||||
| Genus: | Pinguicula | ||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | Pinguicula vulgaris var. americana Gray | ||||||||
| Common Names: | common butterwort | ||||||||
| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||
| Canada: | Yukon Territory – Mackenzie District – Keewatin District – Ungava – southern Baffin Island – Labrador, south to southern British Columbia – southern Alberta – southeastern Saskatchewan – Manitoba – Ontario – Quebec – Nova Scotia – Newfoundland | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | widespread | ||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Aspen Parkland, Boreal Transition, Churchill River Upland, Athabasca Plain, Selwyn Lake Upland | ||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | springy areas, marly fens, and northern lake shorelines | ||||||||
| Associated Species: | black spruce, bog blueberry, bristly muhly, little green sedge, northern bog violet, northern grass of Parnassus, tamarack, tufted bulrush, water sedge | ||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Vulnerable |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 S2S3 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Common butterwort is vulnerable in Saskatchewan because it is rare or uncommon. Its occurrence is somewhat regionally restricted and population sizes vary. No threats are know or anticipated at the present time. | |||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||
| Height: | commonly more than 10 cm | ||||||||
| Roots: | taproot small | ||||||||
| Stems: | without leaves and terminating in a solitary flower, hairless | ||||||||
| Leaves: | basal rosette, 2 – 5 cm long, 1 – 2 cm wide, inversely egg-shaped to elliptic, yellowish-green, succulent, glandular-hairy 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, head-like hairs; petals to 2 cm long, 2-lipped, lower lip terminating in a spur, purplish-violet | ||||||||
| Fruits: | capsules erect, 4 - 6 mm long | ||||||||
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