Utricularia albocaerulea
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Utricularia albocaerulea is a small, probably annual
, carnivorous plant
that belongs to the genus
Utricularia. It is endemic to Maharashtra
, India
and is only known from a few locations in the southwestern part of this state. U. albocaerulea grows as a terrestrial plant in damp soil and on wet rocks. It was originally described and published by Nicol Alexander Dalzell in 1851.
Annual plant
An annual plant is a plant that usually germinates, flowers, and dies in a year or season. True annuals will only live longer than a year if they are prevented from setting seed...
, carnivorous plant
Carnivorous plant
Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods. Carnivorous plants appear adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients, especially nitrogen, such as acidic...
that belongs to the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Utricularia. It is endemic to Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and is only known from a few locations in the southwestern part of this state. U. albocaerulea grows as a terrestrial plant in damp soil and on wet rocks. It was originally described and published by Nicol Alexander Dalzell in 1851.