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Pinguicula Linnaeus. Common name: Butterwort.

Key to Pinguicula

A genus of about 46-80 species, herbs, of America, Mediterranean Europe, and circumboreal America and Eurasia.

References: Fischer et al. In Kadereit (2004); Godfrey & Stripling (1961); Schnell (1980a); Schnell (2002b); Wood & Godfrey (1957). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Pinguicula primuliflora, Taylor County, Georgia 2 by Alan Cressler | Pinguicula primuliflora source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Floyd A. Griffith | Pinguicula planifolia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Pinguicula pumila, Southern Exposure Glade, Ricketson Tract, Broxton Rocks Preserve, The Nature Conservancy, Coffee County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler | Pinguicula pumila source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Floyd A. Griffith | Pinguicula caerulea | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Pinguicula pumila, St. Vincent Island, St. Vincent Island National Wildlife Refuge, Franklin County, Florida 2 by Alan Cressler | Pinguicula pumila source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Pinguicula caerulea | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Pinguicula ionantha | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Floyd A. Griffith | Pinguicula ionantha | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Aidan Campos | Pinguicula pumila source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Pinguicula primuliflora | Original Image ⭷

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