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FamilyLENTIBULARIACEAE
Genus speciesPinguicula villosa L. 
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 17 (1753)
Native RangeSubarctic to North Korea
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatbogs, marshes
Descriptionleaves elliptic, 5-10mm, abaxially glabrous, obtuse, margins intensely revolute, flowers 1-2, pedicellate, flowers 6-9mm, with yellow stripes in throat, spur erect, longer than tube
Size10-15cm
Colorpale violet
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationvery moist to boggy, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed in winter, uncovered, moist, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C
division in early spring; gemmae on peat
SynonymsPinguicula acutifolia Michx.
Pinguicula involuta Schrank
Pinguicula villosa f. albiflora J.Frödin
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     10 Northern Europe (FIN Finland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden)
     14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya)
     31 Russian Far East (AMU Amur, KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin)
     36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia)
     38 Eastern Asia (KOR Korea)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ALU Aleutian Is., ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon)
     71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan)
     72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec)
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