Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Each leaf in Small Butterwort's basal rosette is barely 1/2-inch long or slightly longer, such that the rosette diameter is usually just 1-1.5 inches across, barely the size of a nickel or a quarter. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

When an insect becomes stuck on a Buttersort leaf's sticky mucilage, the edge of the leaf slowly rolls over. When the insect is digested, the leaf edges unroll. Read more at the Botanical Society of America.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinguicula pumila   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-01-001:
Pinguicula pumila   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pinguicula pumila

COMMON NAME:
Small Butterwort

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (5/21/15):
Pinguicula pumila   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pinguicula pumila   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 170-01-001:
Pinguicula pumila   FAMILY Lentibulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pinguicula pumila