Pinguicula leptoceras

An Alpine butterwort of wet subalpine and alpine ground in France, Italy, Switzerland and Austria. It spends winter as a rootless bud (hibernaculum) under snow and grows and flowers in the short, cool summer.

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

Wet soils, flat and sloping fens and tufa slopes in the subalpine and alpine zones; the Swiss flora rates it as a plant of very wet, strongly fluctuating moisture, bright light and nutrient-poor, slightly acid to neutral soils (pH about 4.5-7.5).

Recorded elevations 157-3145 m, median about 2130 m; flowers June-August.

AustriaFranceItalySwitzerland

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.