Family | LENTIBULARIACEAE |
Genus species | Pinguicula involuta Ruiz & Pav. |
Synonyms | Pinguicula macrostyla Benj. |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 2500-4000m |
Description | leaves ovate, margins revolute, sessile, glabrous, to 3cm long, scapes lanate, longer than leaves, flowers pendent, calyx glabrous, corolla 2cm, lobes obovate, emarginate |
Size | 7-12cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, moist, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; gammae in peat |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Bolivia , Peru) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | LENTIBULARIACEAE
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