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Utricularia bisquamata
About
Utricularia bisquamata is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to southern Africa, where it can be found in Angola, Lesotho, Madagascar, Namibia, and South Africa. U. bisquamata grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy or peaty soils among mosses by streams or wet depressions at altitudes from near sea level to 1,200 m (3,937 ft) in South Africa and up to 2,250 m (7,382 ft) in Angola. It was originally described and published by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1824.
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Utricularia bisquamata
- Slug
- utricularia-bisquamata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Genus
- Utricularia
- Species
- bisquamata
- Wikidata QID
- Q149572
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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