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§1 Plant
Utricularia minor L.
vernacular lesser bladderwort — species · Lentibulariaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae Rich.
- Genus
- Utricularia
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 206 counties across 21 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -43 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 80 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 6.5–7.5
- Root depth
- 4 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 0.2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 300,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 206 counties across 21 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 15 N ▾
- Aleutians East 02013
- Anchorage 02020
- Bethel 02050
- Denali 02068
- Dillingham 02070
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Ketchikan Gateway 02130
- Kodiak Island 02150
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- North Slope 02185
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Arenac 26011
- Barry 26015
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Oakland 26125
- Otsego 26137
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Washtenaw 26161
Minnesota view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Hennepin 27053
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lyon 27083
- Morrison 27097
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Oneida 36065
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
Ohio view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Iron 55051
- Jefferson 55055
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Oconto 55083
- Ozaukee 55089
- Portage 55097
- Sawyer 55113
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/UTMI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3172414 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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