Rare carnivorous plant found for first time in western Himalayan region

A very rare carnivorous plant species called Utricularia Furcellata has been found in the western Himalayan region for the first time, a senior official said on Saturday.

The detection of the rare species was done by a research team of the Uttarakhand Forest Department in the picturesque Mandal valley located in Chamoli district, Chief Conservator of Forest (Research) Sanjiv Chaturvedi said.

“It is the first sighting of the plant not…