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Genlisea lobata is a small annual corkscrew plant from Brazil, a carnivorous species that traps microscopic organisms in coiled underground leaves. It is a specialist wetland plant best grown in a wet, nutrient-poor setting rather than as a typical houseplant.
Genlisea lobata is a corkscrew plant native to Brazil.
Genlisea africana · Genlisea aurea · Genlisea filiformis · Genlisea hispidula · Genlisea margaretae · Genlisea pygmaea · Genlisea repens · Genlisea subglabra · Genlisea tuberosa · Genlisea violacea · Corkscrew plants
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Genlisea lobata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
