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]

Pinguicula caerulea
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 Walter