Utricularia wightiana
A small terrestrial bladderwort described by Peter Taylor in 1986 and endemic to the hills of south India, mainly the Nilgiris and Kodaikanal hills of Tamil Nadu and the Attappadi hills of Kerala. It grows in marshes and wet grassland at 1000–2200 m, so it wants cool-to-mild, wet conditions with plenty of light. It belongs to section Oligocista, the group of tiny terrestrial species with simple leaves and underground traps.
Where it grows wild
Marshes and wet grasslands in the Western Ghats hills. These are open, sunny, seasonally saturated places where the plant grows among short grasses and sedges in wet soil, with its traps in the waterlogged ground.
Recorded at about 1000–2200 m in the Nilgiri, Kodaikanal and Attappadi hills.
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