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Utricularia uliginosa

Asian bladderwort

Family Lentibulariaceae

About

The Asian bladderwort is a small annual bladderwort of seasonally flooded pools and stream banks in Asia, Oceania and northern Australia.

Field notes

Distribution & habitat

South and Southeast Asia to China, Korea and Japan; Guam, Palau, New Caledonia and New Guinea; and northern and eastern Australia. Grows on land or partly submerged in seasonal sandy pools, banks and rocky stream beds at low altitude.

History & etymology

Described by Martin Vahl in 1804.

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Habitat

Altitude
Not recorded
Altitude class
—
Native to
India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Palau, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia
IUCN status
Least concern

Cultivation

Difficulty
Not recorded

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