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Utricularia dichotoma
2. U. lateriflora
3. U. dichotoma (roots and bladder) |
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This
is the bladderwort family, and is represented in Tasmania by
6 native species of Utricularia (n.b. the genus Polypompholyx,
as described in the Student's Flora, is now included in Utricularia
). The plants are carnivorous, trapping small
invertebrates in underground or underwater bladders. The
plants occur in very wet peats and one species is aquatic.
The flowers are conspicuous with a corolla with a broad
lower lobe.
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University of Tasmania
