Canmore, Alberta, pinguicula villosa

ANTSPlantation

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I was very surprised to bump across this rare species, this species is really tiny and barely 2 cm in diameter. They are found in a subalpine montaine hummock near a mountain lake near the town of Canmore Alberta.
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@ANTSPlantation did you ever return to this site? It would be really awesome if this was P. villosa. If confirmed it would be the most South Western location for the species. The leaves really do look like villosa so hopefully it isn’t just growing conditions making vulgaris look like this.
Thanks for the reply, I have not returned back to the location, hopefully I can before winter arrives :), Canmore's elevation is the 3rd highest town/city in Canada (1480m above sea level) so it gets really cold there during the winter.
 
Beautiful examples of villosa @jeff

One of the things the makes me hesitant to call these plants villosa is the leaf count, villosa typically has between 1 and 3 leaves and very rarely more and in all of these photos there are 4 leaves with a 5th emerging. I think it’s more likely they are vulgaris and tricking us with those involute margins.

I’m super curious to see what you find the next time you visit! Either way finding these plants in the wild is great and I love seeing when people share.
 
in the nomenclature we speak of 1 to 5 leaves what I could see on some photos. for example 'in situ' here http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.com/CP_Photos/Pinguicula_villosa_002_Copyright_Kamil_Pasek.jpg

these strongly curved edges as for our lusitanica here,remind me of this taxon few ping have this kind of leaf.

their environment also seems to me very interesting, for the vulgaris this environment is not very common.

for my part I strongly think of a villosa, the flower will be the pert of things;)
 
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