Utricularia arenaria
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About
A small annual carnivorous plant, *Utricularia arenaria* is notable for its extremely wide native range spanning nearly all of tropical and southern Africa, with a single reported collection from central India.
Field notes
Distribution & habitat
Tropical and southern Africa, including Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It has also been collected from central India in Madhya Pradesh. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy or peaty soils in swampy grasslands or marshes at altitudes from near sea level to 2,400 m.
History & etymology
Originally described and published by Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle in 1844.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- India, Madagascar
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- intermediate