Utricularia striata
Encyclopedia
Utricularia striata, the striped bladderwort, is a medium-sized affixed subaquatic carnivorous plant
that belongs to the genus
Utricularia. U. striata is endemic to the eastern coastal plains of the United States
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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. U. striata is endemic to the eastern coastal plains of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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