Family:

Lentibulariaceae

Scientific Name:

Pinguicola fiorii Tammaro & Pace

Description:

Small insectivorous plant that can grow until 10 cm, fleshy leaves with involute edges. Its flower is purple.

Ecology:

It can be found between 700 and 2400 meters, on dripping rocks. It lives on grounds poor of nitrogen and supplements its nourishing catching small insects with its viscous leaves.

Flowering:

It blooms from May to June and the flower lasts about a week

Interest:

It is an unusual species according to Red List of Italian Plants; endemic of Majella and very similar to the Balkan Pinguicola

Presence In the Park:

It grows in very few locations of Majella.

Curiosities:

Reichembach (1793-1879) is the author of “Iconographia Botanica seu Plantae Criticae”, wonderfully illustrated book of primary importance for the knowledge of European flora