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Pinguicula vulgaris

Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris), a carnivorous plant, thrives in the mountains as well as in the lowlands. Note the small insects trapped on its leaves. (There is also a true mountain species (P. alpina) with white flowers, growing only on base-rich soils.)

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