Family Index

Scientific Name

Utricularia dichotoma

Family Name

LENTIBULARIACEAE

Common Name

Fairies' Aprons

Status

Height

2-30cm

Flowers

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

Fruit

Capsule

Form

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

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Riparian; Sedgeland and Wetland

Habitat Notes

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

Site Tolerance

Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Soil Tolerance

Poor; Poorly-drained

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. No comments - Will Fletcher. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

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Oct

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Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

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Apr

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Jul

Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

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Apr

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

May be grown from seed.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes