Blue Bladderwort
Utricularia caerulea
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- July-March
How to identify Blue Bladderwort
Identify Blue Bladderwort by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Lentibulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Blue Bladderwort.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Utricularia caerulea
- Genus
- Utricularia
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist places in grasslands
- Distribution
- India, Madagascar, China, Japan, Australia, Malaysia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-March
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Basal
Typical of the Lentibulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Blue Bladderwort itself; the rest are typical of the Lentibulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- யூட்ரிகுலேரியா கருலியா
About Blue Bladderwort
Blue Bladderwort (Utricularia caerulea) belongs to the Lentibulariaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Telangana, Kerala and 5 other states. It grows in moist places in grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from July to March.
Lentibulariaceae
Bladderwort Family
Blue Bladderwort belongs to the Lentibulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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