'''''Utricularia calycifida''''' is a small to medium-sized terrestrial [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[carnivorous plant]] that belongs to the [[genus]] ''[[Utricularia]]''. ''U. calycifida'' is [[endemism|endemic]] to northern [[South America]] and can be found in [[Brazil]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], and [[Venezuela]].<ref name="Taylor 1989">Taylor, Peter. (1989). ''The genus ''Utricularia'': A taxonomic monograph.'' Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.</ref>
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''Utricularia calycifida'' is frequently grown by carnivorous plant specialists. Because of its large leaves and variations in flower color and size, several [[cultivar]]s of this species have been established, e.g. ''Utricularia'' 'Lavinia Whateley', ''U.'' '[[Cthulhu]]', ''U.'' '[[Yog-Sothoth]]', ''U.'' 'Mrs. Marsh,' and ''U.'' 'Asenath Waite.'<ref name="Rice 2000">Meyers-Rice, B., J. Brittnacher & L. Song (2000). [http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/Species/v29n1p14_21.html New Cultivars]. ''[[Carnivorous Plant Newsletter]]'' '''29'''(1): 14–21.</ref><ref name="Rice 2001">Hinkson, S.J. & B. Meyers-Rice. (2001). [http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/Species/v30n3p75_77.html New Cultivars]. ''[[Carnivorous Plant Newsletter]]'' '''30'''(3): 75-77.</ref> These names are based upon characters in the novels and short stories of [[H. P. Lovecraft]].