| Pinguicula caerulea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lentibulariaceae |
| Genus: | Pinguicula |
| Species: | P. caerulea |
| Binomial name | |
| Pinguicula caerulea | |
Pinguicula caerulea, commonly referred to as blue butterwort, blueflower butterwort, or violet butterwort, is a flowering plant species in the carnivorous butterwort (Pinguicula) genus and bladderwort family (Lentibulariaceae). [1] It is a perennial dicot. [2] It grows in moist sandy pineland habitat in the south-east USA. [3] Caerulus is Latin for from the sky or sea and refers to the color of the flowers. [4]