Utricularia graminifolia

A small terrestrial bladderwort from South and Southeast Asia and southern China, with grass-like leaves that form a carpet on wet soil. It is popular as a submerged 'carpet' in planted aquariums, although in the wild it is a plant of marshes and wet ground rather than a true aquatic. Easy in constantly wet peat and sand, or underwater with good light.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

It grows in wet soils and marshes, on wet rocks beside streams, on stones in rivers and in Sphagnum bogs. It is usually waterlogged and sometimes briefly submerged.

Usually at low elevations, but it reaches 1,500 m in Myanmar. GBIF records range from 60 m in Sri Lanka to about 2,100–2,500 m in the Nilgiris and southern China.

IndiaSri LankaMyanmarThailandSouthern ChinaTaiwan

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.