''Utricularia simulans'', the fringed bladderwort, is a small to medium-sized, probably perennial, species of

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in the family Lentibulariaceae. ''Utricularia simulans'' is native to tropical Africa and the

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. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy soils in open savanna at altitudes from near sea level to . ''U. simulans'' was originally described and published by Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger in 1914.Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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