Utricularia caerulea




Family Lentibulariaceae
Scientific name Utricularia caerulea L.
Synonyms Calpidisca takenakae Nakai; Pelidnia caerulea (L.) Barnhart; Utricularia albiflora Griffith, non R. Brown; Utricularia albina Ridley; Utricularia baueri F. M. Bailey, non R. Brown; Utricularia bifida Macrae ex A. de Candolle, non L.; Utricularia caerulea (L.) var. filicaulis (Wallich ex A. de Candolle) Haines; Utricularia campestris Miquel ex C. B. Clarke; Utricularia capillaris D. Don, non Hoffmannsegg ex Roemer & Schultes; Utricularia cavalerii Stapf; Utricularia charnleyensis W. Fitzgerald; Utricularia complanata Wallich ex C. B. Clarke; Utricularia filicaulis Wallich ex A. de Candolle; Utricularia filicaulis Wallich ex A. de Candolle var. papillosa Pellegrin; Utricularia juncea Solander ex Bentham, non Vahl; Utricularia kerrii Craib; Utricularia nivea Vahl; Utricularia nivea Vahl var. caerulea Voigt; Utricularia nivea Vahl var. rosea (Edgeworth) Trimen; Utricularia nivea Vahl var. wallichiana A. de Candolle; Utricularia obscura R. Brown ex Bentham; Utricularia obtusiloba Benjamin; Utricularia ophirensis Ridley; Utricularia paucifolia Benjamin; Utricularia purpurea Willdenow ex Benjamin. non Walter; Utricularia racemosa Wallich ex Walpers; Utricularia racemosa Wallich ex Walpers forma filicaulis (Wallich ex A. de Candolle) Prain; Utricularia racemosa Wallich ex Walpers forma leucantha Komiya; Utricularia racemosa Wallich ex Walpers var. filicaulis (Wallich ex A. de Candolle) C. B. Clarke; Utricularia racemosa Wallich ex Walpers var. rosea (Edgeworth) Thwaites; Utricularia rosea Edgeworth; Utricularia roseopurpurea Stapf ex Gamble; Utricularia sampathii Subramanyam & Yoganarasimhan; Utricularia sootepensis Craib; Utricularia squamosa Benjamin; Utricularia yakusimensis Yong No Lee, non Masamune
Common name (Japanese common name) hozaki-no-mimikakigusa (ホザキミミカキグサ, 穂咲耳掻草 [meaning: mimikakigusa with inflorescences (mimikakigusa = Utricularia bifida L.)])
(English common name) bladderwort
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Australia, Nepal, India
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Leaves 2-3.5mm long. Scapes electing 10-30cm tall. Flowers calyxs ca. 2.5mm long, purple corollas 4mm across, flowering in June to September. Fruits 2.5-3mm across. Perennial plants.
Reference Utricularia caerulea L.
Utricularia caerulea L.
Note Rare species



August 2007
at lowland swamp
August 2007
at lowland swamp
August 2008
at lowland swamp