Common name: Babu Bladderwort • Marathi: Babu Jathari
Botanical name: Utricularia babui Family: Lentibulariaceae (Bladderwort family)
Babu Bladderwort is a perennial carnivorous plant, endemic to India and
has been collected only from the Kolhapur district in Maharashtra. It is a
perennial herb, growing up to 10-20 cm tall. Leaves arise from the base,
1-6 mm, narrowly linear, 1-nerved. Bladders are stalked, 1-2 mm, round.
Flowers arise 1-5 in racemes on leafless stems 10-20 cm long. Flower stalk
is 2-8 mm, upper petal oblong, and the lower one convex, obscurely
3-lobed. Spur is 5-7 mm long, curved. It grows as a terrestrial plant in
and near small streams in open forests at altitudes of 700-900 m.
Flowering: January-February.
Identification credit: Shrikant Ingalhalikar
| Photographed in Gothane, Maharashtra. |
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