Utricularia blanchetii is a small, probably annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. blanchetii is endemic to Brazil and is only known from central Bahia state. It grows as a terrestrial or lithophytic plant in damp, sandy soils among rocks or by streams at altitudes from 850 m (2,789 ft) to 1,750 m (5,741 ft). It was originally described and published by Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle in 1844.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lentibulariaceae |
| Genus: | Utricularia |
| Subgenus: | Utricularia subg. Bivalvaria |
| Section: | Utricularia sect. Aranella |
| Species: | U. blanchetii
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- ^ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.
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