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Utricularia spiralis

Botanic Family

Lentibulariaceae

Author

Smith

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burkinba Faso
• Burundi
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Gabon
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Malawi
• Mali
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Tanzania
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Forest savanna
• grassland
• bogs
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Apr

Fruiting Times

Twining annual terrestrial herb with twining flower stalk to 300mm long & pitchers, 1-2 flowered inflorescence with bracts to 2mm & bracteoles 1.5mm, blue to purplish flowers with white spot, sepals 4mm long, deep violet corolla 20mm long, upper lip 7.5mm long, lower lip 10mm long, leaves to 12mm x 1mm, capsule 3mm long

Further References

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