• Family : LENTIBULARIACEAE
  (BLADDERWORT FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Lentibulariaceae
• Species : Utricularia graminifolia
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Utricularia graminifolia Vahl
• Common name : Grass-leaved Bladder-wort
• Key identification features : A slender terrestrial herb. Leaves are linear, 3-nerved. Traps are wiith basal mouth. Upper lip with simple-appendages. Scapes are erect upon twining. Scales, bracts and bracteoles are basifixed. Calyx lobes are subequal, longer than wide. Corolla is purple or bluish, upper lip obovate lager than the upper calyx-lobe. Lower lip is ovate-orbicular, truncate, palate and slightly raised. Spur is narrowly conic and curved. Capsule is depressed globose.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
• Native : China, India, Myanmar, Sri lanka
• Comments : On hills above 900 m in perennially moist fields, rocks and rivers.
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district) (Tamil Nadu State); Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State)
• World Distribution : China, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Utricularia graminifolia. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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