Thank you posting this really nice image of Pinguicula alpina. The species varies a lot in terms of the extent and number of yellow patches. This species no longer occurs in the UK although it used to occur in one small area of Scotland. I had no idea it reached so far east.
On Wednesday, 2 January 2013 09:07:11 UTC, D.S Rawat wrote: > > *Pinguicula alpina* L. (Lentibulariaceae) is a rarely photographed > insectivorous herb in the alpine Himalaya. It grows on moist shady slopes > between 3000-3500m altitude in Uttarakhand. The species is more common in > some European countries but rare here in the Himalaya. Photographed in June > 2012 in Sunderdhunga valley Uttarakhand. --
