Scientific Name: Utricularia dichotoma subsp. dichotoma

Common Name: fairies aprons

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Lentibulariaceae

Form Description: Small perennial, carnivorous herb. When leaves are present, they are arranged in a rosette.

Height (m): 0.02 – 0.3

Flowers: 1, 2 or more deep purple flowers with a yellow centre, borne on long bare stalks.

Fruit: Capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKentishKing IslandKingboroughMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest Coast
Plant Communities
RiparianSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Peaty areas, sea level to mountain plateaux in waterlogged soil.

Site Tolerance

Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

This plant traps and digests minute aquatic or soil animals such as water fleas and insect larvae in small bladders attached to thin stems lying at or below the surface of the soils.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed, Division

Seed Information

Seed Collection

May be grown from seed.

Cutting & Division Information

Propagate by division, by cutting the plant into 2 or 3 sections when it is actively growing, or by turions (resting buds) formed in winter.