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Utricularia livida, the leaden bladderwort, is a species of flowering plant in the bladderwort family, native to central and southern Africa, and Mexico. Growing to 50 cm (20 in) tall and broad, it is a carnivorous perennial. It was originally described and published by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer in 1837.
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Utricularia livida, the leaden bladderwort, is a species of flowering plant in the bladderwort family, native to central and southern Africa, and Mexico. Growing to 50 cm (20 in) tall and broad, it is a carnivorous perennial. It was originally described and published by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer in 1837.
Name
The Latin specific epithet livida means "pale" or "lead-coloured", referring to the colour of the flowers.
Description
As with other members of its family, the leaf assembly is below ground, where carnivory occurs. Tiny bladders consume micro-organisms which multiply in wet soil. Above ground it consists of kidney-shaped, pale lavender or white flowers on straight slender stems. Flowering occurs mainly during the summer, but may be triggered at any time after a dry period.
Habitat
- Altitude
- 0–2,000 m
- Altitude Class
- intermediate
- Native To
- South Africa, Mexico, Mozambique, Zambia, Madagascar, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- easy
- Temperature
- Day 20–28°C / Night 12–20°C
- Humidity
- 50–80%
- Notes
- Among the most vigorous terrestrial Utricularia. Pale lilac flowers.