Striped Bladderwort
Utricularia striatula
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- October-March
How to identify Striped Bladderwort
Identify Striped 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: Grows on wet mossy rocks, striped petals.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Lentibulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Striped Bladderwort.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Utricularia striatula
- Genus
- Utricularia
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- On wet rocks in grasslands
- Native to
- Tropical Asia
- Distribution
- Tropical & S. Africa, India, Indo-China,Malesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Goa, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-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
- Whiterecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Striped Bladderwort itself; the rest are typical of the Lentibulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- யூட்ரிகுலேரியா ஸ்ட்ரையேட்டுலா
About Striped Bladderwort
Striped bladderwort (Utricularia striatula) is a herb in the Lentibulariaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala and 10 other states. It grows in on wet rocks in grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from October to March.
Lentibulariaceae
Bladderwort Family
Striped Bladderwort belongs to the Lentibulariaceae family.
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