Utricularia foliosa
A large, rootless, free-floating bladderwort of lakes, ponds and swamps from the south-eastern United States through Central and South America, with outlying populations in tropical Africa. Its long, leafy stems drift just below the surface and catch tiny aquatic animals in hundreds of small bladders. It needs a sunny, warm container of soft, clean water rather than a terrarium.
Where it grows wild
Still or slow-moving fresh water: lakes, ponds, marshes and swamps, usually in larger water bodies, where it floats suspended among other aquatic plants in full sun.
Mostly lowland; the few GBIF records with an elevation sit at roughly 170–750 m.
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