''Utricularia blanchetii'' 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''. ''U. blanchetii'' is endemic to Brazil and is only known from central Bahia state. It grows as a terrestrial or

lithophytic Lithophytes are plants that grow in or on rocks. They can be classified as either epilithic (or epipetric) or endolithic; epilithic lithophytes grow on the surfaces of rocks, while endolithic lithophytes grow in the crevices of rocks (and are als ...

plant in damp, sandy soils among rocks or by streams at altitudes from to . It was originally described and published by Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle in 1844.Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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Carnivorous plants of South America Endemic flora of Brazil Flora of Bahia blanchetii Plants described in 1844 {{Lentibulariaceae-stub

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