Utricularia albocaerulea

Utricularia albocaerulea

"Utricularia albocaerulea" is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". It is endemic to Maharashtra, India and is only known from a few locations in the southwestern part of this state. "U. albocaerulea" grows as a terrestrial plant in damp soil and on wet rocks.
Utricularia albocaerulea. (ground or terrestrial bladderwort). White-Blue Bladderwort is a carnivorous perennial herb, found growing in damp soil and on wet rocks. Plant Description: Flowers are 9-13.5 mm long, pinkish blue or occasionally almost white, yellow in throat, papillose. Upper lip is 4.5-6 x 3-4.5 mm, obovate, notched to flat at tip. Lower lip is must larger, 9-13 x 11-15 mm, ovate to obovate, hairy along throat, white and bigibbous at base, flat to ntched at tip. Spur is 6-9 mm long, conical, slightly curved, pointed at tip. raps are 1-1.5 mm across, subdimorphic, those on foliar organs large, elsewhere small, subglobose. Capsules are about 4.5 x 3 mm, compressed, ovate to circular in out line. . White-Blue Bladderwort is endemic to the Western Ghats Flowering: October-December.. (But we found this near August and September). Western Ghats of India Geotagged,India,Lithophytic,Utricularia albocaerulea,flowering plant. Pink,insectivorous plant,terrestrial bladderwort

Naming

It was originally described and published by Nicol Alexander Dalzell in 1851.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderLamiales
FamilyLentibulariaceae
GenusUtricularia
SpeciesU. albocaerulea
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India