Climbing Bladderwort
Utricularia scandens
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Karnataka, Assam & more
- Flowering
- October-January
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
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-January
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Basal
- Type
- Variable
- Margin
- Variable
- Venation
- Variable
Typical of the Lentibulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
About Climbing Bladderwort
Climbing Bladderwort (Utricularia scandens) is a herb belonging to the Lentibulariaceae family (Bladderwort Family). It is typically found in moist places and grasslands in dry deciduous forests. Native to Old World tropics, it is distributed across Tropical Africa, Madagascar, India, Indo-China through Malaysia to Northern Australia. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during October-January. Its conservation status has been assessed as 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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