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Wildflowers of the Stuttgart Area

Pinguicula alpina

Family : LENTIBULARIACEAE (Bladderwort Family)
Common Name (UK) : Alpine Butterwort
Common Name (DE) : Alpen-Fettkraut
Common Name (FR) : Grassette des Alpes, Herbe caille-lait
Habitat : Wet meadows, banks of streams, in calcareous soil.
Remarks : This is a carnivorous plant which entraps insects on it's sticky leaves and digests them.
First appearing : June
Abundance : Abundant

  • Photo Date :June 6, 2007
  • Location :Along the Angerlebach river near Boden, Austria (Tirol).
    N47° 15.751' E10° 35.447'
  • Elevation :1504m
  • Photo Date :June 19, 2005
  • Location :Oybach valley near Oberstdorf in the German Alps.
    N47° 22.277' E10° 22.271'