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Pinguicula macroceras subspecies nortensis                                                                                             © 2009 Makoto Honda. All Rights Reserved

Mucilage secretions on the stalked glands on the surface of the butterwort's leaf.

A single-celled stalk supports multicellular glands at the tip. A glue-like mucilage is secreted from the glands.

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