| Utricularia blanchetii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lentibulariaceae |
| Genus: | Utricularia |
| Subgenus: | Bivalvaria |
| Section: | Aranella |
| Species: | U. blanchetii |
| Binomial name | |
| Utricularia blanchetii A.DC. |
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Utricularia blanchetii is a small, probably annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. blanchetii is endemic to Brazil and is only known from central Bahia state. It grows as a terrestrial or lithophytic plant in damp, sandy soils among rocks or by streams at altitudes from 850 m (2,789 ft) to 1,750 m (5,741 ft). It was originally described and published by Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle in 1844.[1]