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Purple Bladderwort

Utricularia purpurascens

Photo by janjri
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Field Notes

Description:

Also locally known as Sita's tears, this beautiful wild flower blooms towards the end of the monsoon season. The plant is insectivorous.

Habitat:

Lateritic plateaus with soils having poor or low nutrient content and low nitrogen

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Comments (3)
Mostly Microbe
Beautiful and interesting insectivore! Thanks for posting!
janjri
Thanks! Kaas plateau was extraordinary. A lot of different species, posting them as and when I get time!
craigwilliams
Quite a sight - thank you. This is a lovely Utricularia. In that kind of soil, I bet there was some other interesting species.

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PublishedOctober 9, 2011

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