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Utricularia Vulgaris

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Utricularia vulgaris is an aquatic species of bladderwort found in Asia and Europe. It is free-floating and puts down no roots; its stems can grow more than a metre long in a single season before dying back and forming turions in winter, and its finely divided leaves, one to eight centimetres long, carry many bladder-like traps. Its yellow flowers are borne on stalks above the water surface between April and August, while the related species Utricularia macrorhiza takes its place in eastern Asia and North America.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Insectivore 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Used in Traditional Medicine 3

Living or Extinct

Yes 4

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 5

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 6

Scientific Name

Utricularia vulgaris 4

Conservation Status

Least Concern 4

Connections

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Source Utricularia Vulgaris (Wikidata)

In Biome

Source Plants For A Future: Utricularia vulgaris

Source Plants For A Future: Utricularia vulgaris

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Sources

1. Carnivorous plant (Wikipedia)

Lead, whole group of carnivorous plants

Quote, Lead, whole group of carnivorous plants

Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods, and occasionally small mammals and birds.

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. Plants For A Future: Utricularia vulgaris

Plants For A Future

Medicinal Uses
The whole plant is mildly astringent, diuretic and vulnerary ... It is used as a poultice on wounds
In Biome: Lake, Habitats
Ponds, lakes and ditches, usually in relatively deep water
In Biome: Freshwater, Habitats
Ponds, lakes and ditches, usually in relatively deep water

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4. Utricularia Vulgaris (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q157384 (P225 taxon name)
Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q157384
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Magnoliopsida, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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5. NatureServe Explorer: Utricularia vulgaris

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G5"

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6. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Lamiales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12396

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12396

"cites_listing":"II/III/NC","eu_listing":"B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Lamiales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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Utricularia vulgaris (Wikipedia)

Lead, species article placing it among plants with traps

Quote, Lead, species article placing it among plants with traps

The leaves are finely pinnately divided, between one and eight centimetres long and carry many bladder-like traps.

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