Family Index

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Scientific Name

Utricularia lateriflora

Family Name

LENTIBULARIACEAE

Common Name

Tiny Bladderwort

Status

Height

15cm

Flowers

3-6 small purple or lilac flowers.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Small semi-aquatic herb with tiny leaves and a thread-like, erect, wiry flowering stem.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

Locally abundant in wet heaths.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown from seed or division, may grow faster if kept partially submerged in 5mm of water. Can be cultivated in squat pots filled with a peaty mixture, with the pot standing in a saucer of water. Keep in a well-lit position. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Minute.

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

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