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Utricularia intermedia
Also called Intermediate bladderwort, Flat Leaf Bladderwort, Irish Bladderwort, Flat Leaved Bladderwort, Mountain Bladderwort
A small perennial carnivorous bladderwort that grows rooted in wet mud or floating in shallow still water, trapping tiny prey in bladders. Keep it wet and in bright light, ideally standing in shallow water or very moist substrate.
Utricularia intermedia, the flatleaf bladderwort or intermediate bladderwort is a small, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is usually found affixed to the substrate but it can also survive suspended in a body of water. U. intermedia is a circumboreal species and is found in North America, Asia, and Europe.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Utricularia intermedia 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.
