Pinguicula vulgaris, SE: Tätört, DE: Gewöhnliches Fettkraut,
NL: Gewoon vetblad, UK: Common Butterwort

Scientific name:		Pinguicula vulgaris L.
Swedish name:		Tätört
German name:		Gewöhnliches Fettkraut
Nederlandse naam:		Gewoon vetblad
English name:		Common Butterwort
Order:		Lamiales
Family:		Lentibulariaceae, Tätörtsväxter

Life form:		Perennial, 'carnivorous' herb.
Stems:		Height 10–20 cm (4–8 in.), leafless, with glandular hairs.
Leaves:		Sticky leaves, in basal rosette, short-stalked; leaf blade smooth, rigid, succulent, usually bright green.
Flowers:		Violet-blue flowers, a long, narrow and straight spur.
Flowering Period:		June, July.
Fruits:		Capsule, yellowish brown.
Habitat:		Fens, springs, shore banks, damp meadows, gravels, damp rock walls.
Distribution:		Throughout Sweden on damp ground; in southern and central Sweden most often on calcareous soil.

Derivation of the botanical name: Pinguicula, Latin pinguis, bold, referring to the leaf surface that feels oily and shiny. vularis, Latin vulgus, ordinary. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. Pinguicula, commonly known as the butterworts, is a genus of carnivorous plants that use sticky, glandular leaves to lure, trap, and digest insects in order to supplement the poor mineral nutrition they obtain from the environments.