Jun 122016
 

butterwort carniverous flower

Butterwort is a carniverous plant, which is quite common on the nutrient-poor bogs and mountainsides of Connemara. It is easy to spot the bright yellowish star-shaped leaves all year round. It is rarer to see the short-lived purple flowers. The plant traps insects on its sticky leaves, which curl inwards and digest their unfortunate victims.