Utricularia uliginosa Vahl

 
  • Family : LENTIBULARIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Lentibulariaceae
  • Species : Utricularia uliginosa
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Utricularia uliginosa Vahl
  • Collection Nos : CJS 14549, CJS 15298
  • Key identification features : Annual erect terrestrial herb. Leaves are spatulate, 1-3 nerved. Traps with basal mouth, upper lip and simple appendages. Scapes to about 8 cm, bracts, scales and bracteoles are basifixed. Calyx lobes are subequal, minutely denticulate, upper is acute, lower is shortly bifid. Corolla is pale blue, upper lip is oblong, emarginate, slightly exceeding the upper lobes of the calyx. Lower lip is obovate, crenulate, 6 mm long. Palate and not conspicuous. Spur is slightly deflexed. Capsule is depressed globose. Seeds are usualy produced, sub-globose.
  • Habit : Insectivores Herb
  • Comments : Freuent on grassy slopes during rainy season
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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