Butterwort

Butterwort

Butterworts Pinguicula species are insect-eating plants which are covered with glands that exude a sticky substance to trap their insect prey. The leaves are arranged in a circular cluster at ground level (basal rosette) and these have rolled-in edges and a sticky greasy surface. The flowers grow singly at the top of slender stalks and they look much like violets with upper and lower lips and backward-pointing spurs. Many Butterwort species grow in bogs and wet places. [CH] {GW}