Scientific Name: Utricularia lateriflora

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  • Common Name:
    Bladderwort
  • Type:
    herb
  • Family:
    LENTIBULARIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    purple, warmer months
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Heath, damp sandy soils
  • Species List:
    NLTalks2010, Fraser Island, Batianoff 87, Emu Swamp, BHNR
Identification Notes

"Description: Terrestrial perennial herb. Leaves narrow-oblanceolate, to 5 cm long, 0.3–0.5 mm wide. Traps on the root-like stems, stolons and petioles; ovoid, 0.5–0.7 mm long; mouth lateral. Raceme erect, solitary or sometimes 2 or more together, 8–20 cm long, 3–5-flowered, flowers 1–3 per bract; scales numerous, similar to bracts but smaller; bracts basifixed, c. 1 mm long; bracteoles longer and narrower than bract. Calyx lobes subequal, elliptic or broad-ovate, c. 2 mm long. Corolla 5–10 mm long, pale lilac to mauve or violet with white or yellow spot at base of lower lip; spur narrow-conical, slightly longer than lower lip. Flowering: throughout year. " (PlantNET)