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Accession Data:

Utricularia bisquamata Schrank

  • Common Name: Bladderwort
  • Family: Lentibulariaceae Rich.

  • Country of Origin: southern Africa
  • Habitat: annual carnivorous plant on damp, acidic soils

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202300063
  • Source: Betty's Bay selection
  • Provenance:
    Betty's Bay, WC, RSA. Selection from wild seed with relatively large yellow and violet flowers.
  • Accession Date: 05-10-2023
  • Bench: 2112 - MED:Fynbos D
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-27-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Lentibulariaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Angola / Cape Provinces / Lesotho / Namibia / KwaZulu-Natal / Northern Provinces / Madagascar

References (external):

data regenerated on Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:45:01 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Utricularia bisquamata

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  • Pinguicula agnata
  • Pinguicula cyclosecta
  • Pinguicula gigantea
  • Pinguicula kondoi
  • Pinguicula lusitanica
  • Pinguicula moranensis White Flower
  • Pinguicula moranensis
  • Pinguicula rectifolia
  • Pinguicula rotundiflora
  • Utricularia bisquamata
  • Utricularia dichotoma
  • Utricularia gibba
  • Utricularia humboldtii
  • Utricularia livida
  • Utricularia magna
  • Utricularia vulgaris subsp. macrorhiza W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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