Pinguicula planifolia
A warm-temperate butterwort from the Gulf Coastal Plain, from the Florida panhandle to Mississippi and the edge of Louisiana. Its flat, thin rosettes up to about 15 cm across turn deep red to purple in sun, and its violet flowers have petals notched almost halfway. It grows in permanently wet, often flooded, fire-maintained pine flatwoods and bogs, so it wants bright light and wet feet all year.
Where it grows wild
Seepage slopes, bogs and depressions in wet pine flatwoods and wet prairies, and along the edge between wet prairie and swamp, often in shallow standing water. It grows among Sarracenia and Drosera and can survive being fully submerged during wet spells. It also thrives in roadside ditches and drainage canals cut through these habitats. Regular fires keep the shrubs back and the plants in the open.
A coastal-plain lowland species; records with elevation are at 3–7 m, median 6 m (7 records).
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