Description ²

• Flower: Purple tubular shaped
• Leaves: 3 to 6 per plant, light green, basal rosette, blades oval to elliptic, ¾ to 2 inches long, edges curled inward, surface covered with sticky hairs
• Fruit/Seed:ovoid capsule, ¼ to 1/3 inch long, stub of style persisting at tip
• Height: 1-6 inches
• Flowering: June - July
• Habitat: cold, wet cliffs and ledges, mossy boulders, rocky shores
• Other: This is a carnivorous plant that traps and digests insects on its sticky leaves

Sources and Credits

1. (c) AJC1, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajc1/42538980921/
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
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• Calflora
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• eFloras.org
• Flora Digital de Portugal
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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