Pinguicula conzattii
A small Mexican butterwort known only from near Santiago Nuyoo in the Tlaxiaco district of Oaxaca. It grows on well-shaded vertical rock walls at about 2,700 m. Like other heterophyllous Mexican species, it alternates between summer rosettes of flat, sticky carnivorous leaves 28-50 mm long and compact winter rosettes of short, hairy, non-carnivorous leaves through the dry season. It flowers white to violet in November as the winter rosette forms.
Where it grows wild
It clings to well-shaded vertical rock faces in the Oaxacan highlands. The rock stays damp through the summer rains and dries in the winter drought. Its sticky, gland-covered summer leaves catch small insects to make up for the lack of nutrients.
It is known from about 2,700 m, a cool highland elevation even for a Mexican butterwort.
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