Utricularia rostrata
Beaked bladderwort
Noah Elhardt · CC BY 2.5
About
A small annual or occasionally perennial carnivorous plant, *Utricularia rostrata* is notable for its white, mauve, or violet flowers, which feature a distinctive yellow area on the lower corolla lip. It is endemic to the Chapada Diamantina highlands of Bahia, Brazil.
Field notes
Morphology
Flowers are white, mauve, or violet, and the lower corolla lip has a yellow area. The species is placed in section Aranella and is distinguished by its rostrate upper calyx lobe.
Distribution & habitat
Endemic to the Chapada Diamantina highlands of Bahia, Brazil, with altitudes ranging from 550 to 1,570 metres.
History & etymology
Described by Andreas Fleischmann and Fernando Rivadavia in 2009, though specimens were discovered as early as 1992.
Conservation
Ranked as Least Concern under the IUCN.
Habitat
- Altitude
- 0–1,200 m
- Altitude Class
- lowland
- Native To
- Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Temperature
- Day 22–30°C / Night 16–22°C
- Humidity
- 65–90%
- Notes
- Tropical SE Asian and northern Australian species. Pink-white flowers, often annual in cultivation.
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