PLANTS Profile for Pinguicula vulgaris (common butterwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Pinguicula vulgaris L.
common butterwort

Symbol:

PIVU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lentibulariaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Pinguicula vulgaris L.

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Synonyms:
Pinguicula vulgaris L.

PIVUA

Pinguicula vulgaris L. var. americana A. Gray

Distribution:
Pinguicula vulgaris L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, VT, WI), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Pinguicula vulgaris L.

View 2 genera in Lentibulariaceae, 9 species in Pinguicula

Classification:
Pinguicula vulgaris L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Scrophulariales
Family	Lentibulariaceae – Bladderwort family
Genus	Pinguicula L. – butterwort
Species	Pinguicula vulgaris L. – common butterwort

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Pinguicula vulgaris L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
common butterwort		Threatened
New Hampshire:
common butterwort		Endangered
New York:
butterwort		Threatened
Wisconsin:
common butterwort		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Pinguicula vulgaris L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Pinguicula vulgaris L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 34442.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 05:29 PM MDT