STREAMSIDE BUTTERWORT 



Scientific name: Piuguicida primiiliflora. 



Identifying features: Rosettes grow to 5 

 inches across. Leaves are flat when ma- 

 ture, oblong, pale green. Flowers are light 

 violet, whitish at the center, with a yellow 

 tube, stalks grow to 8 inches long. 



Flowering period: March to May, scat- 

 tered flowering throughout the summer. 



Distribution: Central Florida Panhandle 

 and southern Alabama west to southern 

 Mississippi. 



Habitat: Always associated with small 

 streams, rills, or areas where some flow 

 occasionally occurs. Very abundant at the 

 edges of boggy streams although often dif- 

 ficult to see. 



Distribution in forest: Throughout. 



Abundance in forest: Common. 



Other information: The streamside butterwort produces new plants by budding 

 at the tips of the lea\ es. Thus, a large rosette may ha\"e several smaller ones 

 around it. 



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