About Climbing Bladderwort
Utricularia scandens is a small, probably annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It has a wide native distribution that includes Africa (Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) and Asia (Bangladesh, Burma, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam). U. scandens grows as a terrestrial plant in wet grasslands and bogs at lower altitudes around sea level up to 2,300 m (7,546 ft). It was originally described by Ludwig Benjamin in 1847.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-January
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Lentibulariaceae
Bladderwort Family
Climbing Bladderwort belongs to the Lentibulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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