About Blue Bladderwort
Utricularia caerulea, the blue bladderwort, is a very small to medium-sized carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. caerulea spans a wide native range, including areas in tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia. It grows as a terrestrial plant in wet, shallow soils over rock, in wet grasslands, in swamps, or near streams in open communities, mostly at lower altitudes but ascending to as much as 2,100 m (6,890 ft). It was originally described and published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Utricularia caerulea
- Genus
- Utricularia
- Family
- LENTIBULARIACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist places in grasslands
- Distribution
- India, Madagascar, China, Japan, Australia, Malaysia
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-March
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Tamil
- யூட்ரிகுலேரியா கருலியா
Lentibulariaceae
Bladderwort Family
Blue Bladderwort belongs to the Lentibulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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