Chapman's Butterwort (Pinguicula planifolia), seepage bog, Gulf coastal plain, Longleaf Pine ecosystem, SE USA, by Dembinsky Photo Assoc

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Red Butterwort or Chapman's Butterwort Pinguicula planifolia Florida USA by Carol Dembinsky Dembinsky Photo Associates This passive carnivorous plant traps occur around the world. Like all Butterwort species, the plant utilizes sticky gladular leaves to attract, trap ( like flypaper ), and eventually digest the insect to gain important nutrients that are unavailable in its native soil ( nitrogen and phosphorus). This particular species thrives in seepage bogs, and other wetlands of the coastal plains from Louisiana to Florida.

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Size: 5400px × 3600px
Location: Florida USA
Photo credit: © Carol Dembinsky / Dembinsky Photo Associates / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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