About Asian Bladderwort
Utricularia uliginosa, the Asian bladderwort, is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to Southeast Asia (Borneo, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Java, Korea, Peninsular Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam), Oceania (Guam, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Palau), and Australia (New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia). U. uliginosa grows as a terrestrial or subaquatic plant in seasonally flooded shallow pools with sandy soils or on banks and among rocky stream beds at low altitudes. It was originally described by Martin Vahl in 1804.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Utricularia uliginosa
- Genus
- Utricularia
- Family
- LENTIBULARIACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Moist places in grasslands
- Distribution
- India to Japan, Australia, New Caledonia
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Lentibulariaceae
Bladderwort Family
Asian Bladderwort belongs to the Lentibulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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