Utricularia pulchra P.Taylor

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lentibulariaceae > Utricularia

Characteristics

Terrestrial. Rhizoids few, capillary, simple. Stolons few, capillary, up to 5 cm long. Foliar organs present at anthesis, rosulate and on the stolons, reniform, fleshy, ± pseudopetiolate, 2-4 mm long. Traps numerous on the stolons, globose, 0.6-1 mm long, stalked, mouth lateral, upper lip projecting, with 2 short divergent stipitate-glandular appendages. Inflorescence erect, 4-6 cm long; peduncle filiform, glabrous, 0.5-0.7 mm thick; flowers 1-3, congested; scales 1 or 0, similar to the bracts; bracts medifixed, ovate, 1.5-2 mm long, apex obtuse, base truncate or bidentate; bracteoles similar; pedicels erect, filiform, dorsiventrally flattened, 4-5 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide. Calyx lobes very unequal, papillose, upper orbicular or broadly reniform, apex rounded or retuse, 3-4 mm long, 3.5-5 mm wide, lower much smaller, orbicular or broadly ovate, 2-2.5 mm long. Corolla mauve or violet with a yellow spot on the palate, 17-20 mm long, upper lip about as long as upper calyx lobe, oblong, cucullate, apex emarginate, lower lip flabellate, 5-lobed, up to 20 mm wide, palate slightly raised, spur subulate, ± straight, 10-12 mm long, as long as or longer than the lower lip and diverging from it at a very obtuse angle. Filaments linear, c. 1.2 mm long, anther thecae distinct. Ovary obliquely ovoid, c. 1.5 mm long, style very short, stigma lower lip semi-oribicular, upper lip obsolete. Capsule and seeds not known.
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Wet cliffs and damp leached sand or among moss, 2400-3000 m. Fl. March-April, Oct.
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Distribution

Utricularia pulchra world distribution map, present in Nigeria and Papua New Guinea

Conservation status

Utricularia pulchra threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:527030-1
WFO ID wfo-0001258668
COL ID 7F4W5
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Synonyms

Utricularia pulchra