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Accession Data:

Utricularia gibba L.

  • subg. Utricularia sect. Utricularia

  • Common Name: Humped Bladderwort
  • Family: Lentibulariaceae Rich.

  • Country of Origin: Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America
  • Habitat: Free-floating aquatic plant in acidic ponds.

  • Description:
  • USDA Zone: 4-8

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201200060
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Provenance: uncertain; probably brought in accidentally on collections of other aquatic plants from local wetlands.
  • Accession Date: 11-09-2012
  • Bench: 2317 - Sm Aquatic Tanks
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-28-2025
  • Restrictions:

    Classification:

    • Division: Magnoliophyta
    • Class: Magnoliopsida
    • SubClass: euasterid I
    • Order: Lamiales
    • SubOrder:
    • Family: Lentibulariaceae
    • SubFamily:
    • Tribe:
    • SubTribe:

    Flowering Data:

    This accession has been observed in bloom on:
    YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
    2025
    2024
    2023
    2022
    2021
    2020
    2019
    2018
    2017
    2016
    2015
    2014
    2013

    References (internal):

    • Aquatic Plants
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    References (external):

    1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Saturday, December 30, 2017.
    2. WCSP (2017). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Saturday, December 30, 2017.

    data regenerated on Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:06:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

    Images:

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    W/C = Wild Collected
    = indicates flowering in past 14 days
    = images available for this accession
    = map available for this accession
    = accession added within past 90 days
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