Utricularia foveolata
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About
A small, probably annual, carnivorous plant, *Utricularia foveolata* is notable for its wide distribution across multiple continents, including Africa, Asia, Australia, and Madagascar.
Field notes
Distribution & habitat
Old World tropics, found in Africa (Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia), Asia (China, India, the Philippines, Thailand), Australia, and on the eastern end of Java.
Ecology
Grows in wet soils or in shallow water, and can sometimes be found as a weed in rice fields in Asia.
History & etymology
Originally described and published by Michael Pakenham Edgeworth in 1847.
Conservation
Assessed as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Java, Australia
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- intermediate