Utricularia reticulata
| Utricularia reticulata | |
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| Flower and stem | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lentibulariaceae |
| Genus: | Utricularia |
| Subgenus: | Utricularia subg. Bivalvaria |
| Section: | Utricularia sect. Oligocista |
| Species: | U. reticulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Utricularia reticulata | |
| Synonyms | |
Utricularia reticulata, also known as net-veined bladderwort,[1] is a medium to large-sized, probably annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to India and Sri Lanka.[2] U. reticulata grows as a terrestrial or subaquatic plant in marshy grasslands or wet soils over rocks at lower altitudes up to 750 m (2,461 ft). It is also a common weed found in rice fields. U. reticulata was originally described by James Edward Smith in 1808, but he did not cite a specimen and instead referred to a botanical print in Hendrik van Rheede's 1689 Hortus Malabaricus.[3]
Description
The leaves are narrowly linear-oblong and about 1-2 cm long. The slender scapes are about 15 cm to 50 cm long, erect and twinned. Flowers are bluish purple in colour, arranged in racemes, well-spaced in the upper part of the raceme, with 6-12 mm long peduncles. Flowers are 2-lipped with the 1.2-1.6 cm long larger lip, darkly net-veined, with a light colored center. They each have a conical, straight spur about 6 mm long.[1]
Distribution
See also
References
- ^ a b "Utricularia reticulata - Net Veined Bladderwort". www.flowersofindia.net. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
- ^ a b "Utricularia reticulata Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
- ^ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.