Pinguicula vulgaris var. macroceras("Mushitorisumire")
Japanese name: ムシトリスミレ（虫取菫） Scientific name:Pinguicula vulgaris var. macroceras
[Overview]
A perennial found on damp rocky places and in moors from the subalpine to the alpine zone.
A carnivorous plant.
Several simple leaves grow from the base; they are oblong, 3–5 cm long and 1–2 cm wide, pale green, with rounded tips and short petioles.
The leaf margins are entire.
Glandular hairs on the leaf surface are sticky and trap insects.
One to three erect flower stalks reach 5–15 cm in height; they are unbranched and each bears a single flower at the tip.
The upper part of the flower stalk has sparse glandular hairs.
The flowers are pale purple to purple and lipped; the upper lip is small and shallowly 2-lobed, the lower lip is large and deeply 3-lobed, and the inside of the floral tube is usually white.
A slender spur extends behind the flower.
The fruit is an ovoid capsule.
