Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Utricularia uliginosa
Common name
Asian bladderwort
Family
Lentibulariaceae
Where found
Stream banks, rocky stream beds, and shallow water. Coastal north from the Nowra district.
Notes
Annual or sometimes perennial herb, to 0.3 m high, stoloniferous. Insect traps on the 'roots', stolons, and leaves. Leaves to 5 cm long, 1.5–6 mm wide. Flowers usually lilac or violet, rarely wholly white, 5–8 mm long, the lower lip usually paler, more or less streaked with darker purple, and often with a blue margin. Flowers in a single cluster of 2–10 flowers. Flowering: most of the year.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Utricularia~uliginosa (accessed 10 February, 2021)
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