Pinguicula alpina love

Pinguicula alpina

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  • proper noun A taxonomic species within the genus Pinguicula — the alpine butterwort, a carnivorous plant of the Alps and Pyrenees mountains of Europe and the Himalayas of Asia.

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  • Switzerland, probably Pinguicula alpina; some insects, but no great number, also adhered to the leaves of this plant, which had much better developed roots than those of Pinguicula vulgaris.

    Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845

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