Utricularia recta
A small, probably annual terrestrial bladderwort from wet places in the Himalaya and neighbouring mountains of south-west China and north-east India. It grows in marshes, bogs, pond edges and on wet rock at about 900–4,000 m, and it grows with the summer monsoon. It is rarely cultivated, so treat it as a seed-grown summer annual on a permanently wet medium.
Where it grows wild
Marshes, bogs, swampy ground, shallow pond margins and wet rock faces, sometimes within disturbed Schima forest. Its tiny traps sit in waterlogged soil and it sends up small yellow flowers on upright scapes.
About 900–4,000 m according to Wikipedia; GBIF records with elevations span about 1,350–4,000 m, and Nepalese labels mention 1,120–2,030 m.
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