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Photo: Rahul Prabhu Khanolkar
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Common name: Grass Leaved Bladderwort • Marathi: खुरपापणी Khur papni
Botanical name: Utricularia graminifolia Family: Lentibulariaceae (Bladderwort family) Synonyms: Utricularia purpurascens, Utricularia uliginoides, Utricularia parviflora
Grass Leaved Bladderwort is an insectivorous aquatic herb, 5-15 cm tall.
The root fibres have small bladders. Linear oblong grass-like leaves,
coming out straight from the root, are 6-10 mm long. Flowers appear on
erect filament-like scapes 5-15 cm tall. Scapes are 2-6 flowered. Slender
stalks are 6-8 mm long. Flowers are 2-lipped, fragrant, bluish purple.
Upper lips small, 4 mm, obovate, narrowed at the base. The larger lower lip
is deeply convex, 10-15 mm, almost circular, bluish purple with a pale
purple and veined center. The slender, curved spur is 8-12 mm long. It is
occasionally found on wet rocks in grasslands at hight elevations in the
Western Ghats. Flowering: November.
Identification credit: Rahul Prabhu Khanolkar
| Photographed in Karnataka & Maharashtra. |
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