Reticulata / Net-Veined Bladderwort
Utricularia reticulata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Reticulata
Identify Reticulata 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Prominently net-veined petals.
- Confirm leaf shape: Linear.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Goa and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Utricularia reticulata
- Genus
- Utricularia
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Paddy fields, ponds and marshy areas
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Goa, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LinearrecordedVery long and narrow with roughly parallel sides.“The leaves are narrowly linear-oblong and about 1-2 cm long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Basal
Characters marked “recorded” are for Reticulata itself; the rest are typical of the Lentibulariaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Flowers are bluish purple in colour, arranged in racemes, well-spaced in the upper part of the raceme, with 6-12 mm long peduncles.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Reticulata itself; the rest are typical of the Lentibulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കാക്കപ്പൂവ്, Reticulata, കാക്ക പൂവ്
- Marathi
- निळी पापणी
About Reticulata
A member of the Lentibulariaceae family, Net-veined bladderwort (Utricularia reticulata) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and 5 other states. It grows in paddy fields, ponds and marshy areas. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Lentibulariaceae
Bladderwort Family
Reticulata belongs to the Lentibulariaceae family.
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