Pinguicula gypsicola
A Mexican butterwort endemic to gypsum hills near the city of San Luis Potosí and in the Rioverde area. It is heterophyllous: in summer it forms upright rosettes of very narrow, rolled-edge carnivorous leaves, and in the dry winter it forms a tight, succulent rosette of small hairy non-carnivorous leaves. It is one of the more challenging Mexican Pinguicula; the keys are a mineral, gypsum-containing mix and a dry winter.
Where it grows wild
Gypsum slopes and outcrops in semi-arid scrub, among cacti, Agave, Hechtia, Selaginella gypsophila, Pellaea ferns and Lobelia. Plants sit on bare gypsum or in thin crusts, often on steep faces that drain instantly.
Around 1,000-1,300 m; one recent observation with a recorded elevation is at 1,250 m.
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