Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Utricularia biloba

Flowers. Photographer Jenny Thynne, west of Stanthorpe, Qld.

Common name

Moth Bladderwort

Family

Lentibulariaceae

Where found

Coastal heath in moist places and shallow water. Sydney area north from the harbour. Rarely elsewhere. Not common.

Notes

Perennial herb, stoloniferous. Insect traps on the stems and leaves. Leaves usually 0.5–5 cm long, the smaller leaves simple, the larger leaves deeply divided 2-3 times. Flowers dark blue-violet with 2 white streaks at the base of the lower lip, 7–10 mm long, 2-lipped, the upper lip small, sometimes notched, the lower lip fan-shaped. Flowers in a single 2–20-flowered cluster 10–45 cm long. Flowering: February–March  

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Utricularia~biloba (accessed 10 February, 2021)