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Golden Bladderwort

Utricularia aurea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 15, February 8, March 18, April 31, May 21, June 11, July 6, August 11, September 17, October 19, November 8, December 10.
Australia175
Queensland131
China65
Taiwan Province53
Taiwan51
Thailand48
India38
Northern Territory35
New Taipei32
Sri Lanka23

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.From its classification

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Carnivorous plantDescends from a plant lineage whose members are carnivorous plants.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
Familybladderwort family · Lentibulariaceae
GenusBladderworts · Utricularia

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