Utricularia laxa
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About
A small to medium-sized annual carnivorous plant, *Utricularia laxa* is notable for its wide distribution across the wet grasslands and pool margins of the Southern Cone of South America.
Field notes
Distribution & habitat
Endemic to South America, found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, typically at elevations from near sea level to 1,100 m.
Ecology
It is a terrestrial plant found in wet grasslands and at the margins of pools.
History & etymology
Originally described and published by Augustin Saint-Hilaire and Frédéric de Girard in 1838.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- intermediate