Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Common Butterwort, Pinguicula vulgaris, Bodán meascáin
Photographs: Barleycove, Co. Cork

Common Butterwort
Pinguicula vulgaris
Bodán meascáin
Family: Lentibulariaceae

Flowering May-July. Insectivorous perennial. Native.

Solitary blue-violet, two-lipped flowers with lobes of lower lip diverging, a pale throat patch and a pointed spur. Flower stems 6-18cm tall and the seed capsules are ovoid. Basal rosette of stalkless leaves covered with sticky glands to trap insects. Overwinters as rootless bud. Hybrids with Large-flowered Butterwort occur occasionally (P. x scullyi).

Found in nutrient-poor bogs, open fens, mountain heaths and rock crevices. Most frequent in north, west and central Ireland

Common Butterwort, Pinguicula vulgaris, Bodán meascáin

Common Butterwort, Pinguicula vulgaris, Bodán meascáin
Common Butterwort, Pinguicula vulgaris, Bodán meascáin

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