Utricularia pobeguinii


Utricularia pobeguinii is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia.

Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to Africa and is only found in the region around Kindia, Guinea. U. pobeguinii grows as a terrestrial plant in wet soils among sandstone at altitudes from to. It was originally described by François Pellegrin in 1914, reduced to a variety of U. spiralis by Peter Taylor in 1963, and later elevated back to the species level by Taylor upon further investigation.