Pinguicula pumila Michx.
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0386DE00-FF95-A03C-FF99-2A4BA3BFFB6C |
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Felipe |
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Pinguicula pumila Michx. |
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Pinguicula pumila Michx. View in CoL [ Lentibulariaceae ] Small Butterwort
Two previous collections of Small Butterwort are known from Alabama [Baldwin Co., 03 Apr 1966, Kral21686 (BRIT); Mobile Co., 15 Apr 1967, Kral 28309 (BRIT)]. Given the allure and charismatic nature of carnivorous plants, the 54-year gap in collections likely indicates a high degree of rarity of the S1 species ( ALNHP 2023; Keener et al. 2023) within the state. Pinguicula pumila favors moist to wet, sandy localities, primarily in open pine flatwoods and savannas ( Wood & Godfrey 1957). Strangely, Pinguicula pumila appears to be the rarest of the Pinguicula species in Alabama (Kartesz/BONAP 2024; Keener 2023); this is more puzzling considering its comparatively widespread distribution across the southeastern United States, ranging from North Carolina south into the Florida Keys and the Bahamas and west into eastern Texas ( Weakley & Southeastern Flora Team2023).
Voucher Specimen: ALABAMA. Mobile Co.: Mucky soils at edge of drainage through Nyssa woods; Sarracenia and Drosera spp. present, 7 Apr 2021, William V. Underwood and T. Wayne Barger, SP#5458, (ALNHS7124).
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