Yellow Butterwort is a carnivorous plant native to the southeastern U.S.A in the bladderwort family. It traps small insects by using specialized glands on the surface of its leaves to secret mucilage. The yellow spurred flowers appear March to May. It prefers to grow in sandy nutrient-poor acidic soil in bogs in partial shade. It can be grown in a bog garden or container in moist but not submerges soils. Also used in terrariums. Habitat: Pine savannas and wet pine flatwoods, mostly in the outer Coastal Plain More information on Pinguicula .
Curated pairwise relationships between this plant and others in the library — who feeds
whom, who competes, who confuses the pests. Green reads as a good pairing, red as one to avoid.
No curated interactions recorded for this species yet.
Also noted by NC State
Related species the NC State Plant Toolbox flags for this plant — look-alikes to tell
apart, and plants that play a similar role in a planting. Ones we carry in the library are linked.