Saxifrage is one of my favourite subjects for macro photography and I often noticed the same glandular appendages in plants here in W.EU as well. They’re sparser in number than in your typical insectivorous plant, but have this easily recognisable elongated mushroom shape.

step 1 invent science step 2 iteratively use it until you can prove a 150 year old theory about plant that eats bugs for nitrogen.

hard not to think its so cool that we have the capability to do stuff like this.

alpine regions in China? I guess I must revisit my Geography lessons