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 |