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Utricularia hamiltonii

Utricularia hamiltonii is a small aquatic carnivorous bladderwort native to the Northern Territory of Australia. It grows submerged or in very wet sites and traps tiny prey in bladders, so it needs consistently wet, nutrient-poor conditions.

Family
Lentibulariaceae (Lentibulari family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep permanently submerged or in saturated conditions; never let it dry out.
Soil
Not applicable as a rooted soil plant; grows in shallow, nutrient-poor, acidic water or wet sand and peat.
Temperature
Tropical conditions, roughly 20–32 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. Northern Territory
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Utricularia hamiltonii is an affixed aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia (family Lentibulariaceae). It is endemic to the Northern Territory of Australia.

Other Utricularia plants

Utricularia adpressa · Utricularia albiflora · Utricularia albocaerulea · Utricularia alpina · Utricularia ameliae · Florida purple bladderwort · Utricularia andongensis · Utricularia antennifera · Utricularia appendiculata · Utricularia arcuata · Utricularia arenaria · Utricularia arnhemica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Utricularia hamiltonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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