Pinguicula vallisneriifolia
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Pinguicula vallisneriifolia is a carnivorous plant belonging to the genus of fatty herbs ( Pinguicula ).
description
The perennial plant forms a winter rosette towards winter and larger leaves again towards spring. Fleshy, light green, linear-lanceolate and upright leaves form a rosette with a diameter of up to 50 cm. On the surface, the leaves are sticky from the trapping secretions they use to catch small insects (e.g. sciarid gnats , ants ) and, as soon as prey is obtained, digested them by enzymes . Pinguicula vallisneriifolia blooms violet with a white throat spot in a single, zygomorphic , 2.5 to 4 cm large flower on a flower stem growing from the center of the rosette .
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 32.
distribution
The plant is endemic to southern Spain . It is a lithophyte that grows on soaked marl limestone in the cool penumbra on the vertical walls of ravines.
literature
- Wilhelm Barthlott , Stefan Porembski, Rüdiger Seine, Inge Theisen: Carnivores. Biology and culture of carnivorous plants. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-4144-2 .
- Jean-Jacques Labat: Carnivorous Plants. Select and maintain. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3582-5 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Pinguicula vallisneriifolia at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
