Pinguicula caerulea Walter. Blue Butterwort. Phen: (Jan-) Apr-May. Hab: Pine savannas and wet pine flatwoods, mostly in the outer Coastal Plain, rarely extending inland to seepages and sandhill-pocosin ecotones in the fall-line Sandhills of NC and SC. Dist: Se. NC (Carteret and Johnston counties) south to s. peninsular FL, west to e. Panhandle FL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Other Comments: Schnell (1980a) discusses populations with white corollas.
Synonymy: = Fl6, GW2, K1, K3, K4, RAB, S, WH3, Schnell (2002b); Pinguicula elatior Michx.
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
Heliophily: 8
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© Alan Cressler: Pinguicula caerulea, Gopher Tortoise Bog, Easter Plantation, Brooks County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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© Alan Cressler: Pinguicula caerulea, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Wakulla County, Florida 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Pinguicula caerulea, Gopher Tortoise Bog, Easter Plantation, Brooks County, Georgia 3 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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© Alan Cressler: Pinguicula caerulea, Orchid Bog, Easter Plantation, Brooks County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Pinguicula caerulea, along U.S. 341, Wayne County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
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