Lentibulariaceae
California butterwort
Pinguicula macroceras
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Genus
- Pinguicula
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 大角捕虫堇
- English
- California butterwort
Synonyms
- Pinguicula camtschatica Willd. ex Link
- Pinguicula daurica Pall. ex Link
- Pinguicula davurica Schult.
- Pinguicula kamtschatica Schult.
- Pinguicula macroceras subsp. nortensis J.Steiger & Rondeau
- Pinguicula macroceras var. microceras (Cham.) Casper
- Pinguicula microceras Cham.
- Pinguicula vulgaris f. albiflora Muroi ex Komiya
- Pinguicula vulgaris subsp. macroceras (Pall. ex Link) Calder & Roy L.Taylor
- Pinguicula vulgaris var. floribunda S.Watan. & A.Takeda
- Pinguicula vulgaris var. macroceras (Pall. ex Link) Miq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Deniz Wilson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John A Haskins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John A Haskins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: John Brew, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. NoahElhardt assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. NoahElhardt assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.