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Utricularia purpurascens
Also locally known as Sita's tears, this beautiful wild flower blooms towards the end of the monsoon season. The plant is insectivorous.
Lateritic plateaus with soils having poor or low nutrient content and low nitrogen
Spotted on Sep 27, 2011
Submitted on Oct 9, 2011
3 Comments
Beautiful and interesting insectivore! Thanks for posting!
Thanks! Kaas plateau was extraordinary. A lot of different species, posting them as and when I get time!
Quite a sight - thank you. This is a lovely Utricularia. In that kind of soil, I bet there was some other interesting species.