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Utricularia tortilis

Botanic Family

Lentilibulariaceae

Author

Welwitsch ex Oliver

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Mali
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Bogs

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Annual herb with pitchers to 0.6mm long, twining scape to 75mm high, subterminal flowerswith bracts to 1.5mm long & smaller bracteoles, sepals 1mm long, yellowish corolla 6mm long, upper lip with purple longitudinal streaks, lower lip deep yellow

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew