Pinguicula caerulea, commonly referred to as blue butterwort, blueflower butterwort, or violet butterwort, is a flowering plant species in the

carnivorous A carnivore , or meat-eater (Latin, ''caro'', genitive ''carnis'', meaning meat or "flesh" and ''vorare'' meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements derive from animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other sof ...

butterwort (''Pinguicula'') genus and bladderwort family (Lentibulariaceae). It is a perennial

dicot The dicotyledons, also known as dicots (or, more rarely, dicotyls), are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants (angiosperms) were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group: namely, t ...

. It grows in moist sandy pineland habitat in the south-east USA. ''Caerulus'' is Latin for from the sky or sea and refers to the color of the flowers. Carnivorous Blue Butterwort (5294704228)

Carnivorous Blue Butterwort (5294704228)

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caerulea ''Caerulea'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is a small genus with only two species. *'' Caerulea coeligena'' (Oberthür, 1876) western China, central China. *'' Caerulea coelestis'' (Alphéraky, 1897) Tibet, western Chin ...

Endemic flora of the United States Carnivorous plants of North America Flora without expected TNC conservation status