| Utricularia gibba L., it is an aquatic, floating herb, stolons radiating from the base of the scape, up to 10, Leaves unequally forked from the base, the segments capillary and again 1-3 times forked, bladdery traps 1-1.5 mm, replacing one of the leaf-segments althe point of bifurcation. Scapes filiform, 2·8 cm long, 1-4-flowercd, bracts 1 mm long, pediecls 2-10 mm long, erect in fruit. Corolla 5-7 mm long, yellow, often with brown or purplish veins, variable in size, upper lip 3-4 mm wide, broadly ovate, obtuse, obscurely 3-crcnate, lower lip with prominent 2-gibbous palate, entire, about as long as the narrowly conical spur. Capsule globose, seeds winged. Life Form: Hy, Flowering in:—————-, Vern:—————-, Phytochoria: Cosm, The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical Old World, America. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:526777-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/526777-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000415571, https://www.gbif.org/species/3172407, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/56957/utricularia-gibba-l, https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/utricularia/gibba/, https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/humped-bladderwort, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utricularia_gibba |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Ghat area |
| Reported, but not with cerrainty from S.W. Libya (Ghat, Al-Barkat) by Corti |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1984) Flora of Libya, Lentibulariaceae Vol. (112) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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