Utricularia bifida




Family Lentibulariaceae
Scientific name Utricularia bifida L.
Synonyms Askofake recurva (Loureiro) Rafinesque; Nelipus bifida (L.) Rafinesque; Philydrum cavaleriei H. Léveillé; Utricularia alata Benjamin; Utricularia antirrhinoides Wallich; Utricularia biflora Wallich ex C. B. Clarke, non Lamarck; Utricularia biflora Hayata, non Lamarck; Utricularia brevicaulis Benjamin; Utricularia diantha A. de Candolle, non Roxburgh ex Roemer & Schultes; Utricularia humilis Vahl, non Wight; Utricularia ramosa Vahl; Utricularia recurva Loureiro; Utricularia sumatrana Miquel; Utricularia wallichiana Benjamin, non R. Wight: Utricularia wallichiana F. Müller, non R. Wight
Common name (Japanese common name) mimikakigusa (ミミカキグサ, 耳掻草 [meaning: ear cleaner weed])
(English common name) bladderwort
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Guam, Palau, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Myanmar, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Leaves 6-8cm long. Scapes electing 7-15cm tall. Flowers calyxs 3mm long, yellow corollas ca. 3.5-4mm across, spurs ca. 3mm long, flowering in August to October. Perennial plants.
Reference Utricularia bifida L.
Masožravé rostliny - Carnivorous Plants



August 2007
at lowland swamp
August 2007
at lowland swamp