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Utricularia prehensilis

Botanic Family

Lentibulariaceae

Author

E. Meyer

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Cape Province
• Natal
• Transvaal - South Africa
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Water
• margins of lakes

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Amphibious herbaceous carnivorous plant with twining climbing habit, leaves to 25mm x 2mm, pitchers 2mm diameter, twining scape, yellow flowers with bracts & bracteoles to 2mm long, sepals 5mm long to 8mm in fruit, yellow corolla 16mm long, upper lip 8mm long, lower lip 8mm long, capsule 5mm long

Further References

• de Candolle
• FOS
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew