Utricularia inflexa Forssk., it is an aquatic herb, submerged, except in flowers, floating near the surface of water. Stems up to 25 cm long, filiform. Leaves polymorphic, normal leaves 4-6-partite, 10-12 mm apart, usually auricled, rays thread-like, 12-35 mm long, auricles orbicularcordate in outline, up to 6 mm in diam, bladdery traps from the angles of division, 1 or 2 with each segment, obliquely globose-ovoid, up 10 2 mm in diam, float-leaves in a false, whorl of 4-6, rarely wanting, fewer or more, usually (2-) 6-12 mm below the lowest nower, cylindrical to broadly ellipsoid 10 ovoid, 5-50 mm long. Racemes few to 12-flowercd, peduncle 2.5-20 (-25) cm long, slender. Corolla yellow, white or mauve, usually marked with purple, 4-6.5 mm long. Fruting calyx up to 1 cm long, usually concealing the capsule. Life Form: Hy, Flowering in:————-, Vern:————-, Phytochoria: Pal, The native range of this species is Africa, Indian Subcontinen. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:526834-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/526834-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000415645, https://www.gbif.org/species/7297957, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/56961/utricularia-inflexa-forssk, https://openherbarium.org/taxa/index.php?tid=243157&taxauthid=1&clid=175, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utricularia_inflexa |
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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