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Utricularia minor
Also called Small Bladderwort
Lesser bladderwort is a small, perennial carnivorous aquatic plant that traps tiny aquatic animals in bladder-like traps. Keep it wet or submerged in clean, nutrient-poor water, since it does not grow well in ordinary soil.
Utricularia minor, the lesser bladderwort, is a small species of perennial carnivorous plant in the family Lentibulariaceae. It is usually found affixed to the substrate but it can also survive suspended in a body of water. U. minor is a circumboreal species and is found in North America, Asia, and Europe. Unique among plants and according to the USDA, U. minor is the only plant that is both resistant to fire and also has a high tolerance to it.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Utricularia minor 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.
