(n.) The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very bitter taste.
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Butterwort
Definition:
(n.) A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone.
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(1) CP are remarkable for their variety: the Laura Ashley glamour of the pitcher plant (sarracenia) in flower is fast replaced by the psychedelic trumpets of its pitchers; the butterwort Pinguicula gypsicola is part-monster, part-primrose with a flower that looks like a rabbit's face.
(2) In the New Forest look underfoot for sundews, butterworts and even the odd Venus flytrap.