Pinguicula crenatiloba Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lentibulariaceae > Pinguicula

Characteristics

Perennial very small herbs, 1.5-6 cm high. Leaves 5-8, obovate, the apex rounded, the margin narrowly involute, 5-12 mm long, pale green. Pedicels erect, filiform, stipitate-glandular. Flowers 4-6 mm long; calyx + bilabiate, externally stipitate-glandular, the upper lip trilobed to about half its length, the lower lip bilobed; corolla pale mauve or white, bilabiate, the upper lip 1-2.5 mm long, bilobed, the lower lip rhomboid, 3-4 mm long, trilobed, the lobes emarginate, the midlobe longer than the lateral lobes, the palate lunulate or obscurely bigib-bous, covered with clavate hairs, the spur cylindrical, the apex obtuse, 1.5-2.5 mm long. Capsules globose, 1.5-2 mm in diam.; seeds ellipsoid, ca. 0.3 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.02 - 0.06
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 120
Germination temperacture (C°) 12
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Distribution

Pinguicula crenatiloba world distribution map, present in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and El Salvador

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:526437-1
WFO ID wfo-0000466227
COL ID 4HYGY
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Synonyms

Pinguicula crenatiloba Pinguicula nana