Municipalities

Scientific Name

Utricularia tenella

Family Name

LENTIBULARIACEAE

Common Name

Pink Bladderwort

Status

Rare

Height

2-7cm

Flowers

One or two pale pink, four-lobed flowers, with yellow or white throats.

Fruit

Capsule

Form

Tiny annual herb with an erect, thread-like flowering stem and few narrow, spoon-shaped leaves on the base of the stem.

Municipalities

Dorset; Flinders Island; King Island

Communities

Habitat Notes

In wet heaths on the islands of the Bass Strait.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

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. Also grown by division. Utricularia tenella flowers can be distingushed from other Utricularia species by the four sepals on the flowers (other species only have two sepals). Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Minute, germinate in June and July.

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