Utricularia caerulea L.

 
  • Family : LENTIBULARIACEAE
    (Bladderwort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : UTRICULARIA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Lentibulariaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Utricularia caerulea L.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Moist places in grasslands
  • Comments / notes : Often on hills from 1000-1500m on perennially moist rocks, exposed in full sun.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-March
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 10/11/1961
  • Collection Nos : CS 57514
  • Collection Locality : Kambalakkad, Wayanad district (KL)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district
    • Karnataka : Kolar district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Sambalpur district
    • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district
  • World Distribution : India, Madagascar, China, Japan, Australia, Malaysia
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • 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
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Utricularia caerulea. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

Field Image(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

Creative Commons License
India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.