1 Floating Bladderwort at Illilanga & Baroona
Identification history
| Utricularia gibba | 31 Mar 2024 | JaneR | ||
| Utricularia gibba | 31 Mar 2024 | JaneR | ||
| Utricularia biloba | 20 Mar 2024 | JaneR | ||
| Utricularia australis | 11 Nov 2023 | JaneR | ||
| Utricularia australis | 10 Nov 2023 | Illilanga |
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Private property. No public access without permission. Ignore the Millfoil leaves. The bladders are underneath.
6 comments
JaneR
wrote:
11 Nov 2023
I have confirmed this as Utricularia australis, as there isn't any other species that it could be, based on distribution patterns. The other two yellow-flowered bladderworts are either predominantly coastal, or else northern NSW. But the ID is 'confirmed' with reservations. According to PlantNet, In U. australis, the lower lip should have brown lines and spots (example: sighting 4359423), but barely present here, and be much larger than the upper lip (FloraVic).
Interesting snippet: A specimen of U. australis was collected from the Bredbo River in 1890
Interesting snippet: A specimen of U. australis was collected from the Bredbo River in 1890
JaneR
wrote:
20 Mar 2024
Corrected to Utricularia gibba.
Correction based on: the Upper lip of corolla being larger than the lower lip: and the spur is longer than the lower lip of corolla. In U. australis, it is the opposite: the lower lip is larger, and the spur is shorter).
Correction based on: the Upper lip of corolla being larger than the lower lip: and the spur is longer than the lower lip of corolla. In U. australis, it is the opposite: the lower lip is larger, and the spur is shorter).
JaneR
wrote:
31 Mar 2024
there should be no confusion between U. biloba and U. gibba. U biloba has blue flowers, U gibba has yellow flowers.
this is a bit annoying: my entry for U. gibba got changed to U. biloba.
this is a bit annoying: my entry for U. gibba got changed to U. biloba.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.156418-35.779489
- Maps Illilanga & Baroona
- Places Michelago, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 8 Feb 2019 11:55 AM Recorded on
- Illilanga Recorded by
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Collections
Illilanga Completed Plants Other Fresh Water Plants Illilanga Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Utricularia gibba
Additional information
- 10cm to 30cm Plant height
- True In flower
Species information
- Utricularia gibba Scientific name
- Floating Bladderwort Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 822.5m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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