Utricularia erectiflora
A small terrestrial bladderwort from wet sandy savannas, grasslands and marshes of tropical South and Central America, with erect stalks of yellow flowers. It belongs to section Oligocista, whose members grow in waterlogged sand and mud with their tiny leaves and traps below the surface. In cultivation it wants warmth, strong light and a permanently wet, nutrient-poor sand–peat mix.
Where it grows wild
Wet sandy savannas, seasonally flooded grasslands, marshes, dune slacks and spring-fed seepages. Herbarium labels describe it in waterlogged sandy-clay soil at the source of a stream, in sphagnum bogs, and as a semi-aquatic helophyte growing with Utricularia subulata and U. resupinata, with the leaves buried in the sediment.
Mostly lowland: GBIF records with altitude run from sea level to about 1,250 m, with a median of about 50 m.
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