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Utricularia smithiana

Utricularia smithiana is a medium-sized, probably perennial carnivorous bladderwort endemic to southwest India, growing in swamps and shallow pools at medium to high altitudes. Keep it wet to submerged in bright conditions, as a bog or aquarium-style plant.

Family
Lentibulariaceae (Lentibulari family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the growing medium saturated or the plant submerged in shallow water at all times.
Soil
Nutrient-poor, wet mix such as sphagnum moss or sand, or shallow water with no fertiliser.
Temperature
Cool to moderate temperatures suited to its highland habitat; protect from frost and from sustained heat above about 30 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. India
Climate
wet tropical

About

Utricularia smithiana is a medium-sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to India. U. smithiana grows as a terrestrial or affixed subaquatic plant in swamps or shallow water pools at medium and high altitudes. It was originally described by Robert Wight in 1849, reduced to a variety of U. caerulea by Charles Baron Clarke in 1884, and later reinstated as U. smithiana.

Other Utricularia plants

Utricularia adpressa · Utricularia albiflora · Utricularia albocaerulea · Utricularia alpina · Utricularia ameliae · Florida purple bladderwort · Utricularia andongensis · Utricularia antennifera · Utricularia appendiculata · Utricularia arcuata · Utricularia arenaria · Utricularia arnhemica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Utricularia smithiana 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.

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