Climbing Bladderwort
Utricularia scandens
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Karnataka, Assam & more
- Flowering
- October-January
How to identify Climbing Bladderwort
Identify Climbing 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Scrambling/climbing stems.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Meghalaya, Karnataka, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Lentibulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Climbing Bladderwort.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Utricularia scandens
- Genus
- Utricularia
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist places and grasslands in dry deciduous forests
- Native to
- Old World tropics
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, Madagascar, India, Indo-China through Malaysia to Northern Australia
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Karnataka, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-January
- 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
- Yellowrecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Climbing Bladderwort itself; the rest are typical of the Lentibulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Climbing Bladderwort
Climbing Bladderwort (Utricularia scandens) is a herb in the Lentibulariaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Meghalaya, Karnataka, Assam and 4 other states. It grows in moist places and grasslands in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to January.
Lentibulariaceae
Bladderwort Family
Climbing Bladderwort belongs to the Lentibulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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