Utricularia nana

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Utricularia nana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Lentibulariaceae Genus: Utricularia Species: U. nana
Binomial name
Utricularia nana A. St. Hil. & Girard, 1838

Utricularia nana is a carnivorous plant of the Lentibulariaceae family. It is native to the South American countries of Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guinea, Brazil and Paraguay. It grows in swampy ground by streams and wet sandy savanna, from sea level to 1,250 m. The plant flowers between January and June.

It is a small plant, with few filiform rhizoids, which bear numerous short papillose branches. Corolla yellow.

[edit] Reference

• Peter Taylor (1989). The genus Utricularia: a taxonomic monograph. London: HMSO. ISBN 0-11-250046-3.