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https://www.juneauempire.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2025/07/39783700_web1_trails-JUE-070225-print_1.jpg20481536On a bright, sunny day in mid-June, a friend and I strolled on the Lower Loop trail at Eaglecrest. Out in the meadows, we found the white flowers of starflower and three-leaf goldthread; long-leaf and round-leaf sundews were there, as usual, but not yet flowering. Just above the sphagnum moss, I chanced to see some tiny purple things, borne on stems. These turned out to be flowers, only about 2 millimeters wide. The leaves at the base of the stem were shiny, with rolled-in margins, almost hidden down in the moss. My friend immediately said ‘a butterwort?!’ — and that indeed was correct, according to the books. But not much like the common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris) that we knew from other walks. We had never seen this plant before, in all our years of observing trail-side plants and animals. So this was a big discovery for us!