Utricularia caerulea


Utricularia caerulea, the blue bladderwort, is a very small to medium-sized carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. caerulea spans a wide native range, including areas in tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia. It grows as a terrestrial plant in wet, shallow soils over rock, in wet grasslands, in swamps, or near streams in open communities, mostly at lower altitudes but ascending to as much as. It was originally described and published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.

Synonyms

U. caerulea spans a wide distribution and is a very variable species, leading to a great deal of synonymy.