• Family : LENTIBULARIACEAE
  (Bladderwort Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : UTRICULARIA FAMILY
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LENTIBULARIACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Utricularia inflexa var. stellaris (L.f.) P.Taylor
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Utricularia stellaris L.f.
• Vernacular name : Bhaturiadala (Oria)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Stagnant or slow running water
• Comments / notes : In post-monsoon ponds.
• Flower, Fruit : October-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, West Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Hassan district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
  • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Kottayam district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Kendrapara district, Cuttack district
• World Distribution : Tropical Africa, India, China, Australia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – lora of Hassan District; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synnoptic Flora of Mysore District; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Utricularia stellaris. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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