Utricularia sandwithii
A small terrestrial bladderwort of section Aranella from the lowland savannas of the Guiana Shield: Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Venezuela and northern Brazil. It grows in damp, sandy savanna soil and on seepy granite slabs from near sea level to about 600 m. It needs hot, bright, constantly wet conditions.
Where it grows wild
It grows in wet, sandy soil in open savannas, and in thin wet soil on granite slabs (lajas). In these places the ground stays saturated in the rainy season and the vegetation is low and sedgy. Its tiny traps work in the waterlogged sand, and only the small flower stalks rise above the surface.
It grows from near sea level to about 600 m. Records include 192 m in Roraima and 75–250 m on a granite slab in Bolívar, Venezuela.
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