''Utricularia lazulina'' is a small 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 an area around Mangalore, India. ''U. lazulina'' grows as a terrestrial plant in shallow wet soils over

laterite Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...

or in wet grasslands. It was originally described and published by Peter Taylor in 1984.Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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Carnivorous plants of Asia lazulina Mangalore Flora of Karnataka Plants described in 1984 {{Lentibulariaceae-stub

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