NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details
Pinguicula lutea
Yellow Butterwort
Scientific Name: |
Pinguicula lutea |
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Genus: |
Pinguicula |
Species Epithet: |
lutea |
Common Name: |
Yellow Butterwort |
Plant Type |
Herb/Wildflower |
Life Cycle |
Annual (Herbs Only), Perennial |
Plant Family |
Lentibulariaceae (Bladderwort Family) |
Native/Alien: |
NC Native |
Size: |
0-1 ft. |
Bloom Color(s): |
Yellow |
Light: |
Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day |
Soil Moisture: |
Moist, Wet |
Bloom Time: |
March, April, May |
Growing Area: |
Sandhills, Coastal Plain |
Habitat Description: |
“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 SC…Se. NC (Pender and New Hanover counties)” Weakley 2015 |
Leaf Arrangement: |
Basal |
Leaf Retention: |
Deciduous |
Leaf Type: |
Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like |
Leaf Form: |
Simple |
Life Cycle: |
Annual (Herbs Only), Perennial |
Wildlife Value: |
Has some wildlife value |
Landscape Value: |
Not Recommended for home landscapes |
State Rank: |
S1: Critically imperiled (*Key) |
Global Rank: |
G4 - Apparently Secure, G5 - Secure (*Key) |
State Status: |
SC-V: Special Concern: Vulnerable (*Key) |
Notes: |
"Insects trapped by the sticky leaves of butterworts are digested by enzymes secreted by the leaves, which then absorb the nutrients." Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center |
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