Bladderwort
Utricularia australis
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Ladakh
- Flowering
- June-August
How to identify Bladderwort
Identify Bladderwort by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Free-floating aquatic bladderwort with tiny underwater traps.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Ladakh.
- Confirm it sits within the Lentibulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bladderwort.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Utricularia australis
- Genus
- Utricularia
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- West Europe to China, Japan with southward extensions to South Africa, India, Sri Lanka and South-East Australia
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Ladakh
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-August
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Basal
Typical of the Lentibulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bladderwort itself; the rest are typical of the Lentibulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- ঝাঁঝি দাম
About Bladderwort
Bladderwort (Utricularia australis) is a herb in the Lentibulariaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka and Ladakh. Flowering and fruiting run from June to August.
Lentibulariaceae
Bladderwort Family
Bladderwort belongs to the Lentibulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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