butterwort

Pinguicula

Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden
Location: Kyoto Botanical Garden
Location: Ichikawa zoo&botanical garden(Chiba,Japan)

Flower name
butterwort
Scientific name
Pinguicula
Aliasピンギキュラ・ティナｘエマルギナータ, Pinguicula Tina x emarginata, 虫取菫
Place of originNorthern Hemisphere temperate zone and frigid zone
Place of floweringHorticultural species
Flowering seasonJune, July, August

What is butterwort

Butterwort is a carnivorous plant of the department lentibulariaceae , of pinguicula genus native to Northern Hemisphere temperate zone and frigid zone. Frozen-from the surface of the leaves had digestive enzymes that contain mucus, captured creatures such as insects, and nutrition. And many breeding horticultural varieties are tend to be a beautiful flower. Pinguicula Tina x emarginata (Pinguicula Tina x emarginata) is cross of Tina species and Emarginata species .

Common name: butterworts ,
scientific name: Pinguicula Tina x Emarginata
Other name: Pinguicula , Tina emarginata (Tina x emarginata)