Pinguicula algida

A tiny Arctic and Siberian butterwort recorded mostly from the Taymyr Peninsula and the far north of Yakutia. It grows for only about three months a year in cool, wet tundra and spends the long winter as a dormant bud, called a hibernaculum, under snow. It is one of the hardest Pinguicula to keep in cultivation.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Assumed to grow in wet, mossy tundra, seepages and stream margins, like the other Arctic butterworts. It sits among low vegetation that gives little shade.

Recorded from 3 to 1,860 m, with a median of 195 m. Most records are on Arctic lowland tundra; a few southern ones come from the mountains of Amur and Chita.

KrasnoyarskYakutiyaMagadanAmurChita

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.