Utricularia foveolata Edgew.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lentibulariaceae > Utricularia

Characteristics

Annuals, terrestrial. Rhizoids and stolons capillary, branched. Traps on stolons and leaves, shortly stalked to subsessile, globose, 0.8-1.2 mm, mouth basal; appendages 2, dorsal, filiform-subulate, sparsely branched, stipitate, glandular. Leaves few, from stolon nodes, petiolate, glabrous; leaf blade linear, 1-3 cm × 0.4-1 mm, membranous, vein 1, base attenuate onto petiole, margin entire, apex acute to rounded. Inflorescences twining, 15-20 cm, 2-5-flowered, glabrous; peduncle terete, 0.2-0.5 mm thick; scales few, similar to bracts; bracts basifixed, ovate to ovate-oblong, ca. 1.2 mm, apex obtuse to shortly acuminate. Pedicel erect to spreading at anthesis but sharply deflexed in fruit, 2-4 mm, filiform, dorsiventrally flattened and narrowly winged; bracteoles linear-subulate, ca. 1/2 as long as bracts, apex acute. Calyx lobes ovate, 2-4 mm; lower lobe slightly longer and narrower than upper lobe, apex obtuse to subacute. Corolla pale mauve, 3-4 mm; lower lip suborbicular, galeate, basal swelling obscurely 2-lobed, apex entire or obscurely 3-crenate; spur narrowly conic, slightly longer than lower corolla lip, apex obtuse; palate with a scarcely raised minutely ciliate rim; upper lip oblong, slightly longer than calyx, apex truncate. Filaments ca. 1 mm, straight; anther thecae ± distinct. Ovary ovoid; style short but evident; stigma lower lip semicircular, upper lip truncate. Capsule broadly ovoid, ca. 4 mm, slightly dorsiventrally compressed, dehiscing by a single longitudinal ventral slit. Seeds obliquely ovoid to ellipsoid, ca. 0.3 mm; seed coat with prominent elongate reticulations. Fl. Oct-Nov, fr. Nov-Dec. 2n = 20.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Utricularia foveolata world distribution map, present in Australia, Bangladesh, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Spain, Gabon, Ghana, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Philippines, Chad, Thailand, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, Viet Nam, South Africa, and Zambia

Conservation status

Utricularia foveolata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:526765-1
WFO ID wfo-0001258644
COL ID 7F4ZK
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Synonyms

Utricularia baouleensis Utricularia tenerrima Utricularia foveolata