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Utricularia terrae-reginae

Utricularia terrae-reginae
Photo: Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0

A small, probably annual carnivorous bladderwort that grows in shallow water and wet sedge flats. It is known only from two sites on the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland, Australia, so it is very rarely grown.

Family
Lentibulariaceae (Lentibulari family)
Grows as
Grass, Annual
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the growing medium saturated or submerged in shallow water at all times.
Soil
Nutrient-poor wet medium such as sphagnum moss or sand; avoid fertilizer.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Utricularia terrae-reginae is a small, probably annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. terrae-reginae is endemic to the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, where it is only known from two locations. It grows as a terrestrial plant in sedge flats in shallow water or in open Melaleuca woodland at lower altitudes. It was originally described and published by Peter Taylor in 1986.

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 terrae-reginae 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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