Pinguicula pumila
Description
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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The plant grows as |
The plant grows as an annual small [[rosette (botany)|rosette]] of leaves, which rarely get larger than 3/4 of an inch (20 mm) across.{{cite book |last1=D'Amato |first1=Peter |title=The savage garden : cultivating carnivorous plants |date=1998 |publisher=Ten Speed Press |isbn=978-0-89815-915-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/savagegardencult00dama_0/page/199 199] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/savagegardencult00dama_0/page/199 }} The leaves have inward curling margins, and the upper surface is covered in numerous tiny hairs with glands at their tip which secrete small drops of [[mucilage]]. The plant produces single white to pale violet flowers on the ends of stalks about 6-8 inches (150–200 mm) high. Like all butterworts, the flowers are [[zygomorphic]], and have a spur extending from the back of the flower. |
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==Carnivory== |
==Carnivory== |
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