Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Utricularia monanthos
Common name
Tasmanian bladderwort
Family
Lentibulariaceae
Where found
Shallow water and wet soil near streams and ponds. Kosciuszko National Park. Ranges and eastern edge of the tablelands south of Bombala
Notes
Perennial herb, stoloniferous. Flower stalks to 0.15 m high. Insect traps moderately numerous on the 'roots'. Leaves numerous, in rosettes and on the stems, to about 3 cm long, about 1 mm wide. Flowers mostly dark violet, 6–10 mm long, upper lip round to oval, tip notched, the lower lip much larger, transversely elliptic, with 3 conspicuous yellow central ridges flanked by several less conspicuous violet ridges. Flowers single, occasionally paired. Flowers December–March.
Vulnerable Vic. Listed in the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act, Vic.
VICFLORA description: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/30c4d90b-0685-4dd3-b6e4-0694b3713063 (accessed 3 May 2021)
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