Utricularia caerulea
| Utricularia caerulea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Lamiales | 
| Family: | Lentibulariaceae | 
| Genus: | Utricularia | 
| Subgenus: | Utricularia subg. Bivalvaria | 
| Section: | Utricularia sect. Nigrescentes | 
| Species: | U. caerulea  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Utricularia caerulea | |
Utricularia caerulea, the blue bladderwort, is a very small to medium-sized carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. caerulea spans a wide native range, including areas in tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia. It grows as a terrestrial plant in wet, shallow soils over rock, in wet grasslands, in swamps, or near streams in open communities, mostly at lower altitudes but ascending to as much as 2,100 m (6,890 ft). It was originally described and published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.