Zigzag Bladderwort
Utricularia subulata
- Native to:
- Angola, Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, El Salvador, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan-South Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Noah Elhardt
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Lentibulariaceae
- Genus:
- Utricularia
- Species:
- Utricularia subulata
- USDA Symbol:
- UTSU
Growth Characteristics
- Life Cycle:
- Annual | Perennial
- Growth Habit:
- Aquatic
- Height:
- 20 cm
- Light Requirements:
- Full Sun
- Drought Tolerance:
- Low
- Bloom Months:
- mar,apr,may,jun,jul,aug,sep,oct
- Bloom Colors:
- yellow
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Deer Resistant:
- Yes
- Fire Ecology:
- Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire
- Fire Notes:
- Persists in fire-maintained wet pine savannas and bogs; recolonizes quickly from seed after fire removes competing vegetation.
Soil Requirements
- Soil Type:
- sandy, acidic, nutrient-poor soil
- pH:
- 4.5 - 6.5 (acidic to slightly acidic)
- Drainage:
- excellent drainage required
- Moisture:
- consistently moist
- Notes:
- prefers wet, boggy environments
Propagation & Germination
- Notes:
- Seeds are tiny and require constantly moist, acidic conditions; often self-sows in suitable bog or wet sandy habitats.
The above propagation data sourced from Claude AI