Utricularia densiflora
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About
A notable aquatic herb, *Utricularia densiflora* is distinguished by its dense clustering of flowers, often producing 15 to 23 blooms near the inflorescence tip. It is unique among its relatives for possessing several rudimentary or dormant flower buds beneath the lowest opened flower.
Field notes
Morphology
The plant is a hydrophytic herb with stolons up to 8 centimetres long. It produces inflorescences around 10 centimetres long, with bracts and flowers arranged spirally. The species is also characterized by several rudimentary or dormant flower buds beneath the lowermost opened flower.
Distribution & habitat
Endemic to the Serra da Baleia in the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park in Goiás state, Brazil, at an elevation of 1,100 metres.
Ecology
It grows in natural pools of water about 7 centimetres deep in the grasslands, growing sympatrically with Eriocaulon aff. heteropeplon.
History & etymology
The type specimen was collected in 2009 and formally described by Paulo Cesar Baleeiro Souza and Claudia Petean Bove in 2011. The epithet densiflora refers to the density of flowers produced by the plant.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- intermediate