''Utricularia albocaerulea'' is a small, probably annual,

carnivorous plant Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans Protozoa (singular: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a group of single-celled eukaryot ...

that belongs to the genus '' Utricularia''. It is endemic to

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, India and is only known from a few locations in the southwestern part of this state. ''U. albocaerulea'' grows as a terrestrial plant in damp soil and on wet rocks. It was originally described and published by

Nicol Alexander Dalzell Nicol (or Nicholas) Alexander Dalzell FRSE FLS (21 April 1817 – 18 December 1877) was a Scottish botanist. He was one of the first persons to form the link between forest denudation and the impact of rainfall upon the wider countryside. ...

in 1851.Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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albocaerulea Flora of Maharashtra Carnivorous plants of Asia Taxa named by Nicol Alexander Dalzell {{Lentibulariaceae-stub

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