Utricularia lateriflora R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lentibulariaceae > Utricularia

Characteristics

"Flowering-stem simple, slender, erect, 2-4 inches high. Leaves few, at the base of the stem, spathulate, mostly about 2 lines long. Flowering-stem bearing 2 or 3 minute, empty, distant bracts, besides those subtending the flowers. Flowers nearly sessile, usually 3-6, solitary at intervals along the stem, but often only 1, and then terminal. Calyx-lobes about 1 line long, obtuse. Corolla lilac to purple, about 3 lines long; upper lip narrow, erect, about 1-11/2 line long; lower lip directed forwards, ending abruptly, raised in the centre, and bearing a conical spur beneath (running forwards, and as long as the lip). Stamens short. Anthers connate in front of the very short style."
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Terrestrial herb; stolons root-like, tufted, some with bladders 1-2 mm diam. Lvs few, usually 0 at flowering; radical lvs 4-8 mm long, spathulate, entire. Scape filiform, wiry, to c. 10 cm long, erect, (1)-2-3-flowered; bracts several, filiform. Fls subsessile or shortly pedicellate. Calyx lobes broadly suborbicular, ± unequal. Corolla white, pale mauve or light purple; upper lip nearly 2× length of calyx, ± emarginate; lower lip 6-8 mm wide, with centre arched upward and sides reflexed from the narrow elliptic palate; spur c. = lower lip, usually deflexed. Capsule subglobose.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Utricularia lateriflora world distribution map, present in Australia and New Zealand

Conservation status

Utricularia lateriflora threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:526859-1
WFO ID wfo-0001258328
COL ID 7F4SJ
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Synonyms

Utricularia lateriflora