Herbarium JCB

Utricularia graminifolia Vahl

Family : LENTIBULARIACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Lentibulariaceae
Species : Utricularia graminifolia
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Utricularia graminifolia Vahl
Common name : Grass Leaved Bladderwort
Collection Nos : HFP 2496, CJS 15681, KFP 9565
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 : Insectivores Herb
Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Dakshina Kannada, Udupi
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara