| Family | LENTIBULARIACEAE |
| Genus species | Pinguicula vulgaris L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 17 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe to Siberia, Subarctic America to nc. & ne. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | bogs, marshes |
| Description | leaves elliptic or oval, 2-5cm long, flat, entire, flowers solitary, calyx 3mm, lower lip of corolla incised, lobes triangular, spur ca. 1cm long |
| Size | 3-12cm |
| Color | violet |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, moist, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; gemmae on peat |
| Synonyms | Pinguicula arctica Eastw. Pinguicula bicolor f. gorcensis Kornas Pinguicula borealis Salisb. Pinguicula gypsophila Wallr. Pinguicula norica Beck Pinguicula ovata Stokes Pinguicula oxyptera Rchb. ex Benj. Pinguicula vulgaris f. albida (Behm) Neuman Pinguicula vulgaris var. albida Behm Pinguicula vulgaris var. alpestris Marcais Pinguicula vulgaris ssp. alpicola (Rchb.) Rouy Pinguicula vulgaris var. alpicola Rchb. Pinguicula vulgaris f. brevicalcarata Lindblom Pinguicula vulgaris var. coerulea Briq. Pinguicula vulgaris f. coerulescens Eklund Pinguicula vulgaris var. gaveana Beauverd Pinguicula vulgaris var. gypsophila (Wallr.) Rchb.f. Pinguicula vulgaris f. macrantha Lindblom Pinguicula vulgaris var. macrantha Lamotte Pinguicula vulgaris f. micrantha Lindblom Pinguicula vulgaris var. minor W.D.J.Koch Pinguicula vulgaris var. obtusa Sommerf. Pinguicula vulgaris var. obtusata Nordst. Pinguicula vulgaris var. pallida Lange Pinguicula vulgaris var. pratensis W.D.J.Koch Pinguicula vulgaris f. semiflava Neuman Pinguicula vulgaris var. sixtina Briq. Pinguicula vulgaris var. tenuior Wahlenb. Pinguicula vulgaris var. uliginosa Genty ex Magnier |
| Territory | 0 Circumpolar 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, FIN Finland, FOR Fřroyar, GRB Great Britain, ICE Iceland, IRE Ireland, NOR Norway, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUE East European Russia, RUN North European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (BRY Buryatiya, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia, YAK Yakutskiya) 37 Mongolia 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, GNL Greenland, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York, VER Vermont) |