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Image Credit: Micah Visoiu – Natural Values Atlas
Scientific Name: Utricularia tenella
Common Name: pink bladderwort
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Threatened Species Status: Rare
Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.
Form Description: Tiny annual herb with an erect, thread-like flowering stem and few narrow, spoon-shaped leaves on the base of the stem.
Height (m): 0.02 – 0.07
Flowers: One or two pale pink, four-lobed flowers, with yellow or white throats. Utricularia tenella flowers can be distinguished from other Utricularia species by the four sepals on the flowers (other species only have two sepals).
Fruit: Capsule – seeds are minute.
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Habitat Notes
In wet heaths on the islands of the Bass Strait.
General Notes
Plant in a pot of peat moss, keep wet and situate in well-lit position. Some species may grow faster if kept partly submerged in 5mm of water. Do not allow moss to grow as the seedlings will be smothered. It has been recommended that the flowers be hand pollinated when grown in cultivation, to ensure viable seed for the next growing year.
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
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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.