Pinguicula spathulata

A cold-climate butterwort described by Ledebour in 1812 and native to eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, from Buryatia and Yakutia to Kamchatka, Sakhalin and the Kurils. Specific habitat notes were not available to us; like other boreal butterworts it spends the long winter as a tight resting bud (hibernaculum) and grows through a 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 Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

No species-specific habitat account was available. Boreal and montane butterworts of this region grow on wet mossy ground, seepages, stream banks and damp rocks in open or lightly shaded places; treat this as a genus-level generalisation.

Recorded elevations run from 700 to 1920 m, median about 1440 m, so many populations are montane.

AmurBuryatiyaChitaKamchatkaKhabarovskKuril Is.MagadanSakhalinYakutiya

🔒 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.