Utricularia minutissima Vahl

 
  • Family : LENTIBULARIACEAE
    (BLADDERWORT FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Lentibulariaceae
  • Species : Utricularia minutissima
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Utricularia minutissima Vahl
  • Key identification features : A slender terrestrial herb. Leaves are few, narrowly obovate to linear. Traps are reniform to subglobose. Scapes are erect with 1-10 flowers. Bracts are narrowly ovate, calyx lobes subequal, ovate. Corolla is violet, mauve or white. Upper lip is narrowly oblong-elliptic, emarginate. Lower lip is more or less circular. Capsules are obliquely ellipsoid, about 2 mm long.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Flower, Fruit : August-December
  • Comments : Often in plains and post-monsoon marshy ground.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Puri district, Kendrapada district (Odisha State)
  • World Distribution : India, China, Indo-China, Japan, Malesia, Australia
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; 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 minutissima. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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