Butterwort

Day 245: The space of a week saw the Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris) go from bud to lavish blossom in its isolated niche in a wet rock wall. This little carnivore is rare in the Park and elsewhere. I know that it occurs in at least one other area, but unfortunately, that location is at one of the furthest possible removes from my home. It's not that it's distant geographically. In fact, if this Crow could fly, it's less than twenty miles, but to make the connections by car, it's close to a three-hour drive. In this photo, the foliage on the right belongs to a different plant. The insect husks on the paler green leaves on the left mark the foliage of the hungry Butterwort.