Utricularia vulgaris
greater bladderwort
Family LentibulariaceaeAlso called common bladderwort
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About
The greater bladderwort is a free-floating, rootless aquatic bladderwort of Europe and Asia.
Field notes
Morphology
Stems can exceed a metre in one season. Finely divided leaves 1–8 cm long carry many bladder traps. Yellow flowers stand on stalks above the water.
Distribution & habitat
Europe and Asia; replaced in eastern Asia and North America by U. macrorhiza.
Ecology
Flowers April to August; stems die back in winter, leaving dormant turions.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- IUCN status
- Least concern
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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