Utricularia violacea

Terrestrial annual; stolons absent. Leaves numerous, rosetted, rosettes 1.2-1.5 cm in diameter, leaves narrowly linear-cuneate to spathulate, 4-5(-12) mm long, c. (0.5-)3 mm wide. Traps moderately numerous from the stem, obliquely ovoid, 1.5-2 mm long, dorsal appendage above trap opening subulate, c. 1mm long, fringed on inner margin, lateral appendages 0.45-0.5 mm long, distally fimbriate. Racemes 1-4, erect, 2.5-10 cm long, 1-flowered; sterile bracts absent; fertile bracts medifixed, c. 1.5 mm long; bracteoles similar to bracts; calyx-lobes subequal, upper lobe broadly obovate, 1.8-2 mm long, 2-2.2 mm wide, lower lobe broadly ovate, 1.4-1.5 mm long, 1.9-2 mm wide. Corolla 4-9 mm long, lower lip violet, palate glabrous, pale yellow with 4 raised ridges subtended by c. 3 dark violet or maroon lines; upper lip obovate, bilobed; lower lip much larger, transversely oblong or elliptic, obscurely to markedly 3-lobed; spur cylindric from a conical base, c. twice as long as lower lip. Capsule globose, 1.5-2 mm diam.; seeds ovoid, c. 0.3 mm diam. Flowers mostly Oct.–Dec.