Pinguicula crystallina
A small butterwort endemic to Cyprus, where it grows on permanently wet rocks, stream banks and seepages in the Troodos mountains. It belongs to section Cardiophyllum with P. hirtiflora and P. habilii, species that do not form a tight winter bud. It needs constant moisture at the roots and cool nights, with the summer heat of the island buffered by running water.
Where it grows wild
Wet rock faces, moss by streams and small waterfalls, and seepages in the pine-forested Troodos range. Plants sit in cool, moving water or constantly damp moss rather than in open dry ground.
The one measured site is at about 1480 m; records carry few elevations, and the species is generally reported from the middle and upper Troodos slopes.
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