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Redcoats

Utricularia menziesii

Redcoats
Photo: Jean from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Redcoats is a small perennial bladderwort, a terrestrial carnivorous plant native to the coastal regions of southwestern Western Australia. It traps tiny aquatic prey in bladders on its underground and submerged parts, so grow it wet and in bright conditions.

Family
Lentibulariaceae (Lentibulari family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil constantly moist or standing in shallow water; never let it dry out.
Soil
Low-nutrient wet mix such as sand and peat; avoid fertilizer.
Temperature
Mild, roughly 10–28 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Utricularia menziesii, commonly known as the redcoats, is a perennial, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia (family Lentibulariaceae). It is endemic to the coastal regions of Western 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 menziesii 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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