Utricularia warburgii

{{Short description|Species of carnivorous plant}}

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|genus = Utricularia

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|parent = Utricularia sect. Nigrescentes

|species = warburgii

|authority = K.I.Goebel 1891

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Utricularia warburgii is a species of terrestrial bladderwort found in China, where it grows in sunny wet meadows at an altitude of 900 m.Peter Krbez & Gerfried Deutsch; [http://www.carnivoren.org/de/gfp/mitteilungsorgane/taublatt/artikel/47_01-krebz_deutsch-utricularia-warburgii.pdf Utricularia warburgii Goebel - ein attraktiver terrestrischer Wasserschlauch aus China] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929025943/http://www.carnivoren.org/de/gfp/mitteilungsorgane/taublatt/artikel/47_01-krebz_deutsch-utricularia-warburgii.pdf |date=2006-09-29 }} It belongs to the section Nigrescentes and is closely related to U. caerulea.

In the spring Utricularia warburgii produces 5–20 cm. flower scapes bearing 2-6 violet-blue flowers, 8mm in size and bearing a yellow splotch at the throat.

The cultivation of this species is not difficult, and is similar to other commonly cultivated terrestrial Utricularia. Plants are best grown in a mixture of peat and sand that is kept constantly moist to wet and placed in bright light conditions.