Scientific Name: Utricularia dichotoma subsp. monanthos

Common Name: mountain bladderwort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Lentibulariaceae

Form Description: Herb with slender erect flowering stalk, and upward pointing traps.

Height (m): 0.02 – 0.1

Flowers: Purple, usually solitary, on the end of the flowering stalk. The lower lip has yellow markings.

Fruit: Capsule – seeds are minute.

Municipality
BurnieCentral HighlandsDerwent ValleyDorsetKentishMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsWest Coast
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Occasional but widespread in wet sandy ground, from sea level to about 1100m.

General Notes

Grown by division, may grow faster if kept partially submerged in 5mm of water. Stand the pot in a saucer of water in a well-lit position.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Division

Seed Information

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.